Golf Uganda Magazine Issue 4

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HOW TO PLAY BETTER GOLF
3 THINGS YOU
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From the editor
Resilience is a real part of
the recipe for success:
That stick-to-itiveness and never-give-up mindset is
something that is inherent to all golfers who have excelled
at all levels. Golf will knock you down, but you must just
keep getting back up. Every day is a new opportunity for success
if you maintain a positive attitude and remain consistent in your
approach.
Just as golf will deal out its share of bad breaks, so life will bring its
challenges.
Editor’s Note
To be a great golfer you need to dig a little deeper. Not just
physically, but mentally and emotionally also. Only then will you
find out what you are truly made of. It is that stuff that you find
deep within, that you will draw on as you deal with the ups and the
downs that competitive golf brings.
Into the homestretch
As expected, the homestretch of this year’s golfing calendar
has been every inch enthralling. We go beneath the surfaces of
victories that have been hailed in the past two or so months. We
have something on Willy Deus Kitata as the new Uganda Open
champion seeks to gain acceptance.
It’s been a case of seeing fire and rain for the men’s national
amateur golf team. Victory in the East Africa Golf Challenge was
quickly followed by a dismal showing at the inaugural President’s
Golf Challenge in Zambia. We run the rule over both tournaments.
Amos Kamya is Team Uganda’s coach. We peel back the mask on
this rather intriguing figure.
In our equipment review, we focus on unique wedge designs that
do the dirty work in order to keep the score card clean.
As always, we have lots on golf tourism in this edition with our trip
to Kanungu gleaning some fascinating material including the new
Garuga Golf Course.
It’s been pleasurable compiling this edition.
Good reading!
Edwin Tumusiime
Editor
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CONTENT
Features
8 Entebbe Club turns into party
ground
13 A once-upon-a-time promising
golfer, Amos Kamya is now
finding his feet as Team Uganda
coach.
14 The outsider who craves
belonging
22 ULGU has its work cut out
26 Going Places when in Kanungu
31 Grass not greener on the other
side
35 Club Spot Light: St. Andrews
The Golf Life
45 Royal & Ancient votes to admit
female members
53 Catching them young at Budo
69 Why are Golf Courses 18 Holes
in Length?
73 2015 Hall of Famers Named
The 18 th Green at Palm Valley Golf and Country
Play Your best
72 What a grind
86 Rule 14-1B that prohibits use
of anchored strokes
91 PRESSURE CHIPPING : Deo
Akope
93 THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE
SHOT ROUTINE
94 Always guard against making a
high number
95 Jamie Gough is the best teacher
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UGANDA LADIES CHAMPION
From the latest must-have
items to players dressed
ridiculously on the course
HOW TO PLAY BETTER GOLF
3 THINGS YOU
NEED TO IMPROVE IN ORDER TO PLAY BETTER GOLF
Your Letters
Dear Editor, my friend says drivers, irons and even balls have a shelf life
to them – that after, say, 1000 shots they lose some of their “pop” or
“bounce.” Is this true?
Joseph Mubiru, Kampala
Ed: Metal wood faces deform slightly within the first 500 hits, though this
actually increases ball speed. Several thousand hits later, a club face
might begin to show some fatigue, but it’ll crack before it loses any “pop.”
Iron faces aren’t thin enough to deform. However the grooves on your
wedges can wear down in a couple of years if you play more than 40
rounds annually and practice regularly. With today’s solid core balls, the
cover would be scraped and dinged long before a ball lost anything in
terms of distance or spin because of aging or overuse.
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I see all these fat putter grips being used by tour players. Are they good
for average players as well?
Paul Nsereko , Entebbe
Ed: Sure. These grips help quiet the hands, allowing the rocking of the
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weight in the grip for extra stability. If you make the switch and don’t like
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Entebbe Club
turns into
party ground
as champions
Uganda
dethrone Kenya
in the East Africa
Challenge trophy
By DARIUS MUGISHA
Almost all traditions in
Uganda believe that rain
is a sign of good luck! And the
rain on Sunday August 31 st
was undeniably a sign of very
good luck for Team Uganda.
The hosts of the 16 th edition
of the Johnnie Walkersponsored
East African
Challenge trophy emerged
luckier than their Kenyan
counterparts- who had
proved to be their major
rivals in the tournament.
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BOTH team Uganda and team Kenya
had come into the final singles round
of the three day match play event with
12 points apiece. And with the rains
that had set in as early as 7 am that Sunday
morning, yet on the not so easy
Entebbe Course, it was clear that all
the teams had to employ their best
golfing tactics in order to impact on
the water drenched course.
Uganda did what the winner of
the day was expected to do; they
clinched the title just a point ahead of
Kenya!
Team Uganda on Sunday collected six and
a half points from a possible eight points on
offer to edge the defending champion team
from Kenya by one point and lift the sixteenth
edition of the annual East African challenge
trophy. The hosts in the final singles matches
sent out Muhumuza Adolf first and he duly
beat Kenya’s Karichu Joseph 2 up; Uganda
then handed the initiative back to Kenya when
Simwa beat Ssendaula three and two; in a
tightly contested match of the championship,
Uganda’s long hitting Otille Ronald halved his
match with Tanzania’s Joseph V. when he rallied
from five down through nine holes to square
the match. Otile birdied the par four 13 th , eagled
the par four 14 th , eagled the par five fifteenth
and birdied the par three 16 th to shock the
Tanzanian golfer before both players pared the
long par four 17 th to leave the Ugandan one
down. Otile went on to drain a birdie on the par
five 18 th to complete his comeback with half a
point for his team and steady the hosts ship in
the region’s only Ryder cup style of match play
golf.
Team Uganda’s other top performer in the final
day’s action came from another local player
in Oluba Robert, he gunned down Tanzania’s
top dog and the tournament’s best performer
Null Mollel three and two before Rwanda’s
Habimana shocked Kenya’s junior, Tahir M.
2 up to virtually seal the fading defending
champions’ title hopes.
Johnnie Walker sets in
It was at that exact moment, at the course
that the celebrations began! The course was
covered with wild cheers; the Ugandan players
tossed their clubs in the air and the Ugandan
fans who braved the rain to follow proceedings
exchanged warm hugs.
And like the Uganda Golf Union President Mr
Kiwanuka Kiryowa joked throughout the closing
ceremony, “it was a sip of Johnnie Walker Gold
Label that changed things at the 19 th hole!”
Johnnie Walker, the tourney’s sole sponsors
could not do much for the players at the course;
but trust the Uganda Breweries reserve brands
team to set the celebration mood.
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From the course, all participating teams and other guests were treated to
a sumptuous dinner by the Sheraton Kampala Hotel before the prize-giving
ceremony. The dinner was accompanied with live soothing jazz rhythms
played by top saxophonist Joseph of Janzi Band.
But even before dinner, the Johnnie Walker team had placed at least two
bottles of Jonnie Walker Gold Label on each table. The golfers did justice to
the whisky. But in return, the power of Gold Label had written itself all over
the faces and the actions of almost all players from the different teams.
Everyone looked happy! The happiness validated the UBL Reserve brands
manager Mr Themba Mtambo’s earlier caution, that; “everyone is an
automatic winner after taking Jonnie Walker Gold label!”
After everyone had received their medals, the evening’s host and tournament
director, Mr Innocent Kihika, the Entebbe Golf Club Chairman, called upon the
winning team, Team Uganda to receive their trophy.
The club was filled with deafening ululations; in other words it had turned
into a party zone! Led by coach Amos Kamya, who was incidentally the
triumphant tactician when team Uganda last hosted the event in 2009 at the
same venue, team Uganda sauntered on to the podium with swag!
While still at it, the team did not know that Johnnie Walker had lined up singer
Sheebah Karungi to spice up the celebrations!
Doing her Ice Cream hit, Sheebah stormed the podium to the team’s surprise
and she stood out like the only goat in a bulls’ kraal. The players took turns
to pull erotic dance moves with Sheebah, and she seemed to enjoy every bit
of it. Sheebah did other songs like go down low, Twesana, Self Service and
Mundogo.
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It was 10:30pm and most players from all teams; yes, even the
Kenyan team, struggled to stagger to their waiting vans that took
them back to their hotel.
The ceremony had come to an end, but not the fun! The club
members and a few players that were left standing, headed for the
Club bar and started from where they had stopped at the ceremony.
The seventeenth edition of the East African golf challenge in 2015
will be held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Final team standings
COUNTRY
ROUND 1
Singles
ROUND 2
Foursomes
ROUND 3
4BBB
ROUND 4
Singles
TOTAL
UGANDA 5.5 3.5 3 6.5 18.5
KENYA 6.5 2.5 3 5.5 17.5
RWANDA 4 3 2 4.5 13.5
TANZANIA 4 1 2 3 10
ETHIOPIA 2 2.5 1 2 7.5
BURUNDI 2 0 1 2 5
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EAST AFRICA GOLF CHALLENGE
Coming of age
How Eskom-sponsored Ronald Otile
found his groove at the East Africa Golf
Challenge
Born into a big family in the western town of Fort Portal, Ronald
Otile knows a thing or two about poverty. It’s poverty that drove
the 18-year-old into playing golf.
Several of Otile’s friends used to eke a living out of caddying for golfers
on Toro Golf Club’s nine-hole par 70 course. They were earning anything
between Shs 2000 and 4000. It may be pocket change, but to
Otile, it was quite a lot to sway him.
While caddying for golfers, the Mpanga Secondary School student fell
in love with golf. With the help of a few individuals, he started playing.
The start would prove challenging. It didn’t help matters that Otile’s
relatives took offence at him playing golf.
After caddying from 2010 to 2012, Otile ventured into playing golf
proper. He has since proven to be quite adept at playing the sport as his
recent victory at the Eskom Open in Jinja attests. That victory could yet
prove to be pivotal as Eskom has offered Otile a one-year sponsorship,
which will see the company pick the tab whenever the teenager plays
within the East Africa region.
Otile’s drive and chipping are the assets that have seen him record what
he calls “modest success”. Part of that “modest success” includes his
unbeaten streak as Uganda won its fourth East Africa Golf Challenge
title at the lakeside par 71 Entebbe course at the tail-end of August.
A return of 12 titles means that Kenya has bossed the East Africa Golf
Challenge since its inception in 1999. All but one of Uganda’s four titles
has come when the Challenge has been held on home soil. So, going
into this year’s Challenge, hosts Uganda had a fighting chance. They
eventually won by just the single point ahead of the old foe Kenya. It
was something of a sweet revenge following the smash-and-grab that
saw Kenya pick Uganda’s pocket in Naivasha during the 2013 edition.
The 2014 edition opened with the sun dazzlingly bright during the
fiercely contested round of singles. Kenya took a one-point lead. Rain
pounded Entebbe the next day but didn’t stop the four balls and foursomes
from taking place. The rain didn’t stop Uganda from drawing
level with Kenya. Finger nails were then bitten during the closing round
of singles. Eventually, Rwanda’s Francoise Habimana swayed things
in Uganda’s favor when he beat Kenya’s Muhammed Tahir 2 up in the
final match of the day. That loss meant that Kenya wouldn’t add to its
tally of 17.5 points. Had Tahir won, Kenya would have drawn level with
Uganda on 18.5 points, and consequently retained the East African Golf
Challenge title as defending champions, a champion must be beaten to
win the title.
Otile won three (two wins and two draws) out of a possible four points.
The 18-year-old laid down a marker in the opening singles round when
he thrashed Tanzania’s Abasi Adam 5&4. He then paired with Ronald
Rugumayo to halve the match with the Kenyan duo of John Karichu and
Tony Omuli in the foursomes. Otile and Rugumayo then combined to
beat the Rwandan duo of Joseph Barame and James Ndikumana 5&4
in the four balls. Otile then settled for half a point in the closing singles
round after battling Tanzania’s Victor Joseph in atrocious conditions on
a wet Entebbe course.
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A
once-upon-a-time promising golfer, Amos Kamya is now finding his
feet as Team Uganda coach. And without saying that much!
He didn’t make the cut at the Tusker Malt Lager Uganda Golf Open whose
handsome prize money of Shs 100 million created such a buzz at Uganda Golf
Club, but Amos Kamya cannot have much complaints. Having increasingly cut
his teeth as a golf coach as opposed to a playing professional golfer, victory at
the East Africa Golf Challenge must have counted for much in Kamya’s book.
Kamya’s man management style received rave reviews in the aftermath of the
victory at Entebbe Golf Club. Kamya is said to have exercised relational as opposed
to belligerent leadership. By cottoning on to what his charges had to say,
Kamya created a fertile ground for a marginal but nonetheless welcome victory
for Team Uganda.
Team Uganda’s golfers appeared relaxed as if they were from the same milieu
as Kamya during Johnnie Walker sponsored regional tournament. Maybe they
were. Although he cannot be described as an out-and-out extrovert, Kamya is
in fact a people person. His people-orientated approach has so often boded
well for him, helping win the Challenge at Entebbe Golf Club in 2009 during his
first assignment as a coach.
Kamya was schooled in a South African golf academy in 2005. A year later, he
won the prestigious main category at the Uganda Open after going about his
business with meticulous care. The same meticulous care was on display in
the pairings that Kamya ushered to the par 71 Entebbe course’s greens during
the foursomes and four balls of this year’s Challenge. The pairings spoke of
Kamya’s attention to detail.
Philip Kasozi was paired with Robert Oluba and would go on to win two out
of two. Peter Sendaula’s pairing with Robert Happy also proved to be on the
button as the duo won two out of two. Ronald Otile and Ronald Rugumayo (a
winning combo during Deo Akope’s era) also showed such a telepathic understanding
by winning one match and halving the other.
It wasn’t just about the pairings, but also the deployments. Kamya studied his
opponents like a philosopher does in a philosophy book. The results of his abstractions
were as rewarding as they were fulfilling. The silent leader yet again
found his voice as a coach.
SILENT
LEADER
Foursomes
Ronald Rugumayo / Ronald Otile (Uganda)
vs
Omuli/Karichu (Kenya)
All Square
Philip Kasozi/Robert Oluba (Uganda)
vs
Nkurunziza/Joseph (Rwanda)
Uganda won 6 & 5
Robert Happy/Peter Sendaula (Uganda)
vs
Joseph/Leonce (Tanzania)
Uganda won 4 & 3
Kamya’s winning pairings
Four balls
Robert Oluba/Philip Kasozi (Uganda)
vs
Omuli/Karichu (Kenya)
Uganda won 2 &1
Ronald Otile/Ronald Rugumayo (Uganda)
vs
Barame/James
Uganda won 5 & 4
Robert Happy/Peter Sendaula (Uganda)
vs
Adam/Said (Tanzania)
Uganda won 5 & 4
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UGANDA
GOLF OPEN
The outsider who craves belonging
He has the Uganda Golf Open in
his clutch, but Willy Deus Kitata
is still waiting for acceptance
Willy Deus Kitata, the new Tusker Malt Lager
Uganda Golf Open champion, is a man in full
flight. This always seemed set to be the case when
Tim Stahlschmidt, an American pilot, impressed
on Kitata the game’s basics. Caddying for
Stahlschmidt, Kitata had been intrigued by how a
“little ball challenged people”. He told Stahlschmidt
about his burning desire “to challenge [the small
ball]”.
The American pilot did more than pay lip service to
Kitata, he bought his impressionable caddie a golf
kit that goes for no less than Shs 1.5 million on
the market. Three years later, Kitata won Uganda
amateur golf’s biggest prize — the Open. It’s a
truly remarkable story, but that’s just the half of
it really. The other half is not quite rosy. It tells
of a battle to belong. Kitata has always sought
to distance himself from the otherness that
puts daylight between him and the Ugandan golf
mainstream. He hasn’t always been successful in
that endeavor.
Such has been Kitata’s psyche that his default
position has been one of an outsider. Observers
say a tough childhood triggered this position.
After finishing high school and attaining a Uganda
Advanced Certificate in Education, Kitata was
forced to pull over to the fringes in his formal
education journey. He has spoken of having
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Mens' Scorecards.pdf 1 05/11/2014 14:20:50
Uganda Open Leaders’ scorecards
Willy Deus Kitata (8 over par 292 gross)
Hole
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN Total
Yards 509 392 544 129 501 164 414 539 178 3370 433 220 448 476 374 410 406 145 402 3314 6684
Par
5 4 5 3 5 3 4 5 3 37 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 34 71
C
M
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
5 4 5 3 5 3 6 5 3 39 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 36 75
5 4 5 3 5 3 7 6 3 41 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 32 73
5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 39 3 3 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 32 71
5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 36 3 3 4 5 5 6 4 3 4 37 73
Y
CM
MY
Adolf Muhumuza (8 over par 292 gross)
Round 1 5 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 37 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 36 73
Round 2 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 33 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 2 4 40 73
CY
Round 3
5 3 5 3 4 3 4 5 2 34 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 36 70
CMY
K
Round 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 6 4 40 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 2 4 36 76
Professionals
Deo Akope (3 Under par 281 gross)
Round 1 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 36 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 34 70
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
4 3 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 33 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 36 69
5 4 5 3 5 3 4 4 3 36 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 35 71
4 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 34 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 5 37 71
1. Eagle 2. Birdie 3. Bogey 4. Others
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“desperately needed some money to take care of myself”.
This desperation drove Kitata into trying a hand at slightly
awkward gigs such as being a disc jockey at Night Riders
Club in the sleepy little Entebbe town. Such a background
means that Kitata was always not going to be a conformist
on the greens. It also means that he was always going to
push the envelope to butter his bread.
All of this made Kitata susceptible to being an outsider.
In 2012, he felt like an outsider when an embarrassing
episode — alleged theft of golf balls — earned him a
reprimand at Uganda Golf Club and ostracism to go with it.
During the prize giving ceremony after he had beaten Adolf
Muhumuza to this year’s Open title, Kitata dwelt on being
“the public enemy” in his acceptance speech. He was bang
on. A string of repugnant actions have over the years seen
Kitata make many enemies. Those close to the golfer blame
the demons that have plagued him on his upbringing. They
state that rather than being a public enemy; Kitata is his
own worst enemy, or at least his temperament. He wasn’t
groomed to showcase a stoical acceptance of suffering.
When things are not going his way, he throws toys out of
the pram.
Kitata did put on the histrionics during the 71st Uganda
Open last year when he broke his Lob Wedge during his
abysmal closing round of 10-over-par 81. He dittoed these
spasms of anger — but didn’t move himself to break any
of his clubs — during this year’s Open.
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Before the Open, Kitata courted controversy
when he reacted repulsively to being overlooked
for the East Africa Golf Challenge. A sustained
spell that saw him play in a host of Pro-ams
in Europe denied Kitata the chance of being
integrated into Team Uganda on his turf, the
Entebbe Golf Course.
On returning from Germany, Kitata wanted to
force his way into the team. Uganda Golf Union
President, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, took exception
and duly cracked the whip. Kitata was left —
not for the first time — feeling like an outsider.
Thankfully for Kitata, there has been a happy
ending for him this time round. He won the
Open at only the third time of asking, or be it
via a sudden death playoff, and has since been
reintegrated into the national amateur golf
team. He truly is in full flight. Stahlschmidt,
who earns a living operating flight control of an
aircraft, will no doubt be proud.
Fact file
Birth: June 8, 1991
Idols: Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler
Handicap: +3
Started golf: 2011
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UGANDA
OPEN
It’s a family affair!
Lightning strikes
twice as Martin
Ochaya mirrors his
brother’s 1998
open nearly
performance
P
ortly Steven Katwiremu’s eight-iron tee that landed into the fourth hole’s
pin brought gasps from his play partners Fabian Rwalinda, Kostic Nemanja
and Patrick Mwaka during the 72nd edition of the Tusker Malt Lager Uganda
Golf Open. It was one of many fairytales to grace Uganda’s premier golf
tournament.
All, however, pale in comparison to the remarkable story that unfolded in the main
category after 18 holes of action. Playing using a golf kit he borrowed from his elder
brother, Dickson Lagoro, Martin Ochaya took a one-over-par 72 to the clubhouse. The
score was good enough to give the towering Entebbe Club artisan golfer a one-stroke
overnight lead.
The annals were quickly dusted. It was discovered that Ochaya’s brother Ronald Kidega
was exactly in the same position back in 1998. Kidega, as would be the case with
Ochaya, failed to build on his overnight lead. He fell by the wayside and could only watch
in awe as the brilliance of Stephen Birungi yielded a second Open title on the bounce. A
year earlier, Birungi, aged only 19, had burst onto the golfing scene with a commanding
performance that saw him become the youngest Open winner. Birungi made it three in
a row in 1999, and celebrated in trademark style by showing no emotion. He was quite
a character!
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It was the 1998 Open that was being placed under the microscope this
time round. Could lightning strike twice? Oh yes it could! Ochaya was a
spectator by the time the topsy-turvy final day failed to separate Willy
Deus Kitata and Adolf Muhumuza, the round two and three leader.
Kitata had it all to do at the start of the final round. Trailing Muhumuza
by three strokes, the volatile and combustible golfer not only wiped
out the three-stroke deficit, but took a three-stroke lead of his own to
the back nine. He, however, dropped shots on holes 13, 15 and 17 to
force a playoff.
In the three holes playoff, both players parred all to necessitate a
sudden death play-off at Kitante course’s stroke index one — the 448-
yard par 4 12th.
When both Kitata and Muhumuza drove from hole 12’s elevated
tee, there was no doubt as to who would carry the day. Muhumuza’s
dream for a maiden Open title drowned when he found the kitante.
Conversely, Kitata kept his nerve to win the hole by a stroke and with it
his first Open title after umpteen near misses.
All the while, just like in 1998, Martin Ongwen and Felice Nyangura’s
son had faded into oblivion. It got worse for the Ongwen household
when Ochaya’s brothers — Dickson Lagoro and Gerald Ayella —
failed to make the cut in the professionals’ category. Ochaya’s other
golfing siblings, Kidega and Morris Ogwech (Uganda’s Team Manager
at this year’s East Africa Golf Challenge), didn’t feature in the Open. It
wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Ongwen household, though. The air
of toughness that Ochaya exuded in the opening round at least saw
him win the Longest Drive title from an improvised teeing area on the
eighteenth hole by driving his ball to the green, a 401 yards drive in the
wet conditions.
72nd Tusker Malt Lager Uganda Golf Open results
Overall gross winner: Willy Kitata 292 gross*
Runner up: Adolf Muhumuza 292 gross
Second runner up: Philip Kasozi 299 gross
Third runner up: Peter Sendaula 304 gross
Fourth runner up: Robert Oluba 305 gross
36 holes winner (rounds 1, 2): Robert Happy 152 gross
36 holes winner (rounds 3, 4): Gideon Kagyenzi 150 gross
Round one gross winner: Martin Ochaya 72 gross
Round two gross winner: Gerlad Kabuye 75 gross
Round three gross winner: Becca Mwanja 74 gross
Round four gross winner: Ronnie Bukenya 73 gross
Nett winner: Edrine Okong 288 nett
First runner up: Fred Nkuranya 297 nett
Second runner up: Taylor Koonce 299 nett
Longest Drive:
Martin Ochaya
Nearest to the pin:
Philip Kasozi
*won on the first sudden death playoff hole after they had tied in the
three-hole play off.
Tusker Lager Uganda Golf Open pros leaderboard
Deo Akope 70, 69, 71, 71 281 gross
Dismas Indiza 67, 75, 71, 71 284 gross
Denis Anguyo 71, 69, 71, 75 286 gross
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Kitata
not in a rush
after winning
Tusker Malt
Uganda
Open golf
championship
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DARIUS MUGISHA
Entebbe based golfer Willy Deus
Kitata won the 2014 Tusker Malt
Uganda Open golf championship in a
dramatic and tension packed golfing
affair at the redesigned par 71 Uganda Golf
Club’s Kitate course.
Kitata, who was fresh from a European
tour where he played several competitions,
overcame three-year stiff competitor Toro’s
Adolf Muhumuza to capture a sudden death
victory on hole 12.
Having joined the sport in 2011 as a
caddie, Kitata didn’t only make history for
having won the Open title in just his third
time of asking, but his story is also a real
manifestation of those from-rugs-to-riches
sporting stories!
Above all, Kitata’s victory was also a reassurance
of the growing stronghold of
the young crop of players as contrary to
the ancient belief that considered golf as a
leisure sport for the rich, old and powerful
class.
The Open attracted a classy raft of
professional golfers that included some
who turn out on the respected Sunshine
Tour in South Africa and the European Tour.
This year, the tourney’s main sponsors
Uganda Breweries Ltd, decided to double
the mls in their financial injection from Shs
100m to a whooping Shs 200m.
Open and Sunshine tour discussions
One of the guests at the prize ceremony of
the year’s Tusker Malt Uganda Open was
Gary Todd, the Sunshine Tour director.
And after introducing this very special guest
to the golfers and guests at the dinner held
at The Sheraton Kampala hotel, Uganda
Golf Union president Kiryowa Kiwanuka
said that as a Union, they had held a fruitful
meeting with Gary Todd who purposely flew
in to witness the four-day event.
“We had a fruitful meeting with the Sunshine
Tour director and they are seriously
considering sanctioning the Uganda Open
as a Sunshine Tour event,” Kiwanuka said
amidst a thunderous applause and loud
cheers from the audience.
KK advised that in order to achieve such
milestones, the golfing fraternity has to
stick together and also ensure the sponsors
are happy.
This year’s tournament attracted a
record 55 professionals from East,
Central and South Africa including five
golfers who play in the Sunshine tour.
Zambia’s Muthiya Madalitso, Alan Michell
and Tebogho Sefatsa from South Africa,
as well as Tongoona Charamba and Farahi
Chitengwa from Zimbabwe, competed in
this year’s professional’s category, that was
won by Uganda’s Deo Akope.
Deo Akope did not just win 3rd Uganda
Open pro event, but he also cashed the
lion’s share of $ 40,000 (about Shs102m)
that was the professionals’ purse. But
whereas it is his biggest prize ever since he
ventured into professional golfing, Akope
remained calm as he received his dummy
cheque from the ceremony’s guest of honor,
Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka.

I will just
think about
it. My
sponsor
advised I
wait a little
while, may
be a year,
before I can
turn pro.
Akope insisted there was no need to celebrate
since he was due for a hectic schedule ahead as he
prepared for his participation in the Mena Golf Tour
in the Middle East next month.
Kitata downplays chance to turn professional
Although the overall gross winner at the Uganda
Open is automatically guaranteed a shot on the
professional circuit, Kitata insisted he was not in a
rush to turn professional.
Speaking after receiving his prizes that included a
fully-fledged professional golfing kit, the 24-year
old reigning USPA Golfer of the Year, who is also
famous amongst his peers as ‘Public Enemy/ East
Africa’s finest,’ said he was not in a rush to join the
paid ranks.
“At the moment, I will just think about it. My sponsor
advised I wait a little while, may be a year, before I
can turn pro”, Kitata revealed.
Tusker Malt had taken the golfers away from the
drives and pars and chose to give them a real treat
at Sheraton Hotel to a 19 and 20th-hole experience.
A lavish dinner was served and drinks kept flowing
all through the ceremony.
To crown the ceremony, pioneer band, Afrigo took
to the floor and had the crowd singing along to
some of their classics like Abaana ba Afrigo, Jim,
Obangaina, Maria, Amazzi Genyama and Speed
Control.
The dinner went on till the wee hours of Sunday
morning.
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On the final day of the 64th Uganda Ladies Open
at the par 72 Kitante course, a car skidded off the
main road before rolling onto hole 16’s stretch of
the fairway. The symbolism of the accident, which
forced play to be abandoned if only momentarily
after leaving two injured and — thankfully — none
dead, was hard to overlook. The hole bullied immediate past
champion, Angel Eaton into submission. The Tanzanian dropped
tons of shots on hole 16 en route to ceding the Ladies Open crown
to her bosom buddy, Uganda’s Flavia Namakula.
After double bogeying the sixteenth during her second round,
Eaton was at pains to explain why she never has mastery over
the par four sixteenth. She lifted her shoulders in a resigned shrug
before conceding that “every time I try to take it easy on that hole,
I end up playing banana shots”.
Of course, ultimately, it was much more than a tendency to
spray her tee shots on the sixteenth that cost the handicap four
Tanzanian golfer. There was a thigh strain in the opening round
that left her in considerable pain so much that she could only
help herself to a dismal 10 over par 82. Eaton travailed in pain,
carding a sensational 69 in the second round, but couldn’t escape
the rut authored largely by her injury-ravaged opening round. She
eventually closed with a 78 that left her in second place a dozen
strokes behind Namakula.
That said; Eaton’s misfortune shouldn’t supersede Namakula’s
veneer of composure. The handicap one golfer turned in a golfing
master class that was rich in magnetism. Namakula’s driving
was spot on and her approach shots were pin finders. Rounds of
72 and 71 left her on track to become the first golfer in quite a
while to win the Ladies Open with an under par score. The final
round, however, allowed Namakula fewer recovery shots from off
the fairways, and she had to settle with two over par 74 for an
aggregate of one over par 217 in the 54-hole tournament.
In her acceptance speech, following her third Ladies Open win that
leaves her nine behind the legendary Alice Kego on the all-time
winners’ roll of honor, Namakula more than hinted at joining the
paid ranks. So, if Namakula becomes a professional golfer (only
the second in Uganda after Norah Kagonyera Mbabazi) sooner
than later, who will step into her slippers? Irene Nakalembe,
perhaps. Brenda Ngabo? It doesn’t seem to matter because
conventional wisdom suggests that Ugandan ladies golf is due for
a fresh coat of paint. It certainly could do with some fresh blood.
A glance to the East, in Kenya, shows what probably needs to
be done. The legendary figure that is Rose Nalaika has a golfing
school that is shaping up to be a conveyor belt of talent. Already,
Nalaika’s niece, Naomi Wafula, aged just 16, is making a splash in
Kenya. The handicap three golfer beat Zambia’s Melissa Nawa to
the Kenya Ladies Open earlier this year, and evidently has a great
future ahead of her.
To ensure that life after Namakula is rosy for Ugandan ladies
amateur golf, the powers that be will ultimately have to borrow
Nalaika’s template. The earlier they wake up and smell the coffee,
the better.
Uganda
ladies
amateur
golf has
its work
cut out as
the biggest
export
looks to
join the
paid ranks
Uganda Ladies Golf Open Final leaderboard
Winner: Flavia Namakula 217 gross
1st runner up: Angel Eaton 229 gross
2nd runner up: Iddi Madina
233 gross
3rd runner up: Irene Nakalembe 243 gross
4th runner up: Eva Magala 246 gross
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L i f e a f te r
Flavia Namakula
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Uganda Ladies Open Leaders’ scorecards
Flavia Namakula (1 Over 217 gross)
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN Total
Yards 446 317 470 129 460 133 349 492 123 2919 365 172 337 411 329 352 367 135 314 2782 5701
Par 5 4 5 3 5 3 4 5 3 37 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 35 72
Round 1
4 5 4 3 5 2 5 4 4 36 4 3 4 7 4 4 4 3 3 36 72
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Round 2 5 3 4 3 5 3 4 4 3 34 4 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 5 37 71
Round 3 5 4 5 3 7 3 4 4 3 38 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 36 74
Angel Eaton (13 Over 229 gross)
CM
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Round 1
Round 2
7 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 3 42 3 3 6 6 5 5 6 2 4 40 82
4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 32 5 3 4 5 4 3 6 3 4 37 69
CY
CMY
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Round 3 5 6 6 2 4 3 5 4 4 39 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 3 5 39 78
Madina Iddi (17 Over 233 gross)
Round 1 5 4 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 39 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 37 76
Round 2
6 4 5 5 6 4 4 6 3 43 5 3 4 6 4 5 4 3 4 38 81
Round 3
5 5 5 3 5 3 4 5 5 40 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 2 4 36 76
1. Eagle 2. Birdie 3. Bogey 4. Others
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2 nd Runner up, Iddi Madina from Tanzania 3 rd Runner up, Irene Nakalembe Nett winner, Gloria Mbuguta
Part of the crowd following the ladies pressure group
Other Winners:
Silver category net winner Gloria Mbaguta 226 nett
Runner up Harriet Kitaka 227 nett
2nd Runner up Azuba Rose 228 nett
1 st 18 holes gross winner Loice Chingono 80 gross
2 nd 18 holes gross winner Monica Ntege 84 gross
3 rd 18 holes winner Jenina Nasimolo 84 gross
Bronze category gross winner Jovia Otim 197 gross
Bronze category net winner Jei Wei 146 nett
1 st Runner up Mutesi Lydia 155 nett
2 nd Runner up Bukuru Anne 156 nett
3 rd Runner up Nikomba Samali 156 nett
4 th Runner up Ngabo Brenda 156 nett
Senior Lady Winner
Okullo Esther
Lady President-Okullo Esther giving her remarks at the prize
giving ceremony
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t is somewhat uncommon for lions to actually climb trees. There
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One of these populations is found in Ishasha, Kanungu District in
Queen Elizabeth National Park. Ishasha is 124 kms from Mweya
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The other population is found in Lake Manyara National Park in
the Southern part of Tanzania but they are difficult to see causing
some visitors to think that they are only a rumor by safari marketing
people.

You can find instances in South Africa or even
Kenya where some young lions playfully
venture up into trees-but the best opportunity
to see climbing lions and not just the young
ones but also adult lions are at the Ishasha
plains. Lions spend the day up in trees; it is the
most amazing site.
The famous tree climbing lions are a rarity;
they are found in large fig trees in the remote
southern extremity of the park. These treedwelling
lions prey on the Topi (the Uganda
Kob) and (if feeling confident!) Cape a Buffalo
which graze Ishasha’s beautiful acacia studded
savanna.
It is supposed that this type of lions climb trees
as a way of protecting themselves against the
numerous biting tsetse flies on the ground
whereas other people claim that they actually
climb into the branches to escape from the heat
on the ground and enjoy the cool breeze up in
the air; nonetheless the reason why they climb
up into the tree branches remains unknown.
Visitors that go to Queen Elizabeth National
Park generally end up visiting the Ishasha
region primarily to see the population of the
resident Tree Climbing Lions although they
are also rewarded with views of other wildlife
species. It is however ideally placed for a visit
on the journey to Bwindi.
The Ishasha Sector is actually today very
famous because of its mystifying population
of the tree-climbing lions that are a very
exceptional attraction and as well one of the
major highlights for which most guests visit this
part of the park. The Lions are normally seen
lazily lying up within the branches of the huge
fig trees staring down at the numerous Uganda
Kob that graze in the open Ishasha plains and
these are actually their main prey.
In case you ever find yourself being chased by a
lion, choosing to climb up into the trees as a way
to escape from it will actually not help much
especially within Queen Elizabeth National Park
since these Lions have the ability to climb up
into the trees. Actually they are commonly seen
sleeping on branches in the afternoon as they
digest their food after lunch.
_______________
DON’T attempt to access Ishasha with anything
but a 4X4 wheel drive vehicle. The roads can
be punishingly bad especially during the rainy
season.
DO access Kanungu by air if you can. Chatter
plane company Aero Link has daily flights to
Kanungu that land you at the Garuga Airstrip.
DON’T try out the graceful ekitaguriro dance
if you are, well, as stiff as a board. The dance
involves jumping and stamping the ground
with such firmness. It’s the hand and head
movements that make it such a rhythmic dance.
DO go to Ishasha by all means if bird watching is
your cup of tea. Ishasha offers an amazing wide
range of bird species.
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DO, while in Ishasha, watch the world renowned
tree climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth National
Park. They are a rarity, but in Queen Elizabeth
National Park they abound. They are found in
large fig trees in the remote southern extremity
of the park.
DO watch the wildlife especially the treeclimbing
lions not only dot Ishasha’s beautiful
acacia studded savannah plains but also prey
on the Topi (Uganda Kob) and occasionally when
confident a buffalo.
DON’T venture into Kanungu if you have a
dread for heights. Acrophobia will sure stop you
from enjoying this ravened district. If you aren’t
acrophobic, be sure to enjoy staring into bowels
of the earth. You can gape over 1000 feet below
to the left and the steep hillside that hangs over
your right while journeying through this south
western district of Uganda.
TRAVEL
Eight wonders of Kanungu
With one county, nine sub-counties and a
single Town Council, Kanungu is better known
for a tragic mass murder/suicide orchestrated
by Joseph Kibwetere’s Movement for the
Restoration of the Ten Commandments just
after the turn of the second millennium. But as
EDWARD EKISA writes, there is much more to
this sleepy district.
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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Park
The mere mention of Bwindi invokes the
image of a mountain gorilla. And true to that
widely held assumption, this park is a habitat
for the mountain gorilla. Half of the nearly
330 surviving mountain gorillas in the world
live in this park. The park is not only about the
mountain gorilla; there at least 10 species of
primates (chimpanzees, baboons and colobus
monkeys) in this park that straddles 331 square
kilometers. Add to that the 20 forest elephants,
bush backs, duikers and the rare giant forest
hog and you surely have a fascinating flora and
fauna prospect.
Eneengo
Loosely translated as the valley with a big river,
Eneengo is not for the faint-hearted. The rising
and dropping terrain of Kanungu is legendary.
Eneengo takes it to another level. With a 1000-
feet dip to your left and a steep hillside to your
right, Eneengo can be quite blood-curdling
especially for the acrophobic. You literally watch
the world dropping and rising at the same time
when you get to Eneengo.
Mahogany Springs
It’s a perfect place to spend a night or two
as you process your gorilla trekking permit.
The spacious cottages allow you to enjoy a
knees-up session. Set on a beautiful land with
panoramic and jaw-dropping views of the
mountainous forest, this lodge is a perfect base
for birdwatchers and gorilla trackers.
Gorilla Safari Lodge
suite units with verandahs that give visitors a
vista from which to watch the subtropical and
montane forest of Bwindi. The pristinely grassy
meadows of the forest are a beauty to behold.
Savannah Resort Hotel
With bungalow rooms that are carved in an
African banda (roundhouse) style, this hotel is
worth a visit. Rooms are comfy with excellent
hot showers to go along to combat what are
usually bitterly cold nights.
Queen Elizabeth National
Park
Ishasha Wilderness Camp
This tented camp’s magnetism is couched in
the fact that it’s set in a splendid location. With
a river to its right, the camp offers compelling
vistas for wildlife watching. The tree-lined
Ntungwe River plays its part in adding to the
beauty of this camp that boasts of 10 tents.
Elephants wander the plains and play an integral
role in maintaining the area’s biodiversity.
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Yet another compelling base for gorilla trekkers;
this lodge has 13 luxuriously furnished en
The Park has been designated a Biosphere
Reserve for Humanity under UNESCO auspices.
Tucked away in the western arm of the Great

East African Rift Valley, the park covers 2,056
square kilometers and includes a remarkable
variety of ecosystems like semi-deciduous
tropical forests to green meadows, savannah
and swamps. It is also the home of the famous
tree-climbing lion. Also in its repertoire are
the Uganda Kob, other antelope species,
elephants, baboons, hippos, buffaloes and
chimpanzees. Over 500 species of birds have
been recorded, making the park such a magnet
for bird watchers. The bird species include the
black bee-eater, 11 types of king fisher, shoebill
storks, several species of falcons, eagles and
other raptors. In the crater lakes to the north,
flocks of flamingos can be found. A favorite way
to view the game is by launch (boat) trip on the
Kazinga Channel between Lakes George and
Edward.
Garuga Golf Course
The 18 hole, 6,574 meters course is intricately
incorporated into parkland setting with its
undulating manicured terrain, entwined by the
clever use of small water bodies as hazards.
The Bermuda grass on tees, kikuyu fairways
and creeping bent grass greens at Garuga
Golf Club conform to the highest international
standards and Gadi Musasizi, a renowned golf
course architect designed the water features to
form an integral part of the course where even
professional golfers will find them a challenge.
Facilities at the club for members and guests
include:
• resident coaching professional
• full conference and banqueting facilities with
an in-house functions co-coordinator
• Location - Garuga Golf Club is centrally
located in Kihihi town, a few minutes’ drive
from the Savannah Country Hotel and
Garuga air field.
• excellent practice facilities
• fully stocked pro shop
Hole by hole
analysis of the
Garuga
Golf Course
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Hole one:
A par 4, measuring 402 meters,runs along the
airfield fence, OB Line, better shot for the right
handed player is a fade. Avoid the two fairway
bunkers. Play second shot across the subtle
downslope into the green. Mind the direction of
the wind. Local knowledge, use the wind sock.
Hole Two:
Is a par 3, measuring 176 meters into a raised
green, stretching away from the tee. Far right
is OB into the airfield so mind the direction of
the wind.
Hole Three:
Is a par 4, measuring 296 meters, drivable for
some but mind the direction of the wind as
OB is waiting on the right of the airfield. Left
guarded by trees.
Hole Four
Measures 447 meters, slightly downhill par 4.
OB right of the airfield left guarded by trees.
Two good shots and par is guaranteed.
Hole Five:
Is a par 3, measuring 184meters. Green sitting
across a water pond. Mind the direction of the
wind. If you have water phobia, you may opt to
play it as a par 4. There is a generous landing
area before the water pond.
Hole Six:
Is a long par 5 measuring 514 meters. Rough on
left and right, but if you play it as a par 5 you will
get an easy par. Fade the tee shot and you are
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clear for the second shot.
Hole Seven:
Is a par 4, measuring 437 meters. Dogleg left
par 4. A creek crosses the fairway in the landing
area. Be sure for a solid tee shot or leg up.
Hole Eight:
Is a par 3, measuring 189 meters. 2 nd easiest of
the par 3’s, left in the water hazard (creek) but
fairly large green. Easy par.
Hole Nine:
This par 5 struddles 562 meters. Largest of the
par 5’s, the gorilla uphill dogleg right, not a lot
of trouble other than the distance. Should get
an easy par.
Hole Ten:
Another par 4 at 441 meters, straight hole only
the distance, no serious trouble only keep on
the fairway. Left is forest and spear grass.
Hole Eleven:
Nick named the rift valley; it is a tricky par 3
measuring 206 meters demanding an accurate
shot. Raised green and a steep slope in front.
Mind the direction of the wind. Left and right is
a ravine.
Hole Twelve:
Another par 5 at 494 meters straight hole with
an OB on the left, right rough/trees. A draw off
the tee is the favoured shot. Has two water
ponds on approach right and on the right so be
careful not to under club or over club the short
into the large green.
Hole Thirteen:
Is a par 3, measuring 164 meters-a.k.a “bad
news” by some, but short par 3 onto a very
large green surrounded by a water hazard.
Hole Fourteen:
Long par 4 at 462 meters (par 5 for some) OB
left beyond a water hazard with a pond cutting
across the fairway No 6. So it is quite tight and
probably fitting for it to be crowned SI 1(But
the scores may prove me wrong). Be sure the
second short must be well hit to cross the
water pond.
Hole Fifteen:
Onto the fifteenth par 5 at 523 meters-Dogleg
right, generous fairway, other than distance
not much trouble but do not goop the tee shot
if you intend to carry the dogleg but also the
Orchard in OB and fairway No 6 is OB.
Hole Sixteen:
This par 5 measures 518 meters. Aim at the left
fairway tree at the subtle dogleg and will clear
for the second shot with ball below your feet.
Hole Seventeen:
A short par 4 at 370 meters with a spacious
fairway. Should get an easy par 4.
Hole Eighteen:
The closing hole of a the course is a par 3,
measuring 189. Mind the direction of the wind
otherwise large finishing for an easy par.
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PRESIDENT’S
CHALLENGE
Grass not greener on the other side
Golfers the world over have a knack for
blaming it on the divot. While Team
Uganda’s amateur golfers might not
have carved that many hefty divots
out of the Nkana Golf Club’s fairways with their
wedges, they were quick to blame their abject
performance on the fast greens; Bent grass
greens, if I may add.
Uganda could only finish second from bottom
during the inaugural President’s Golf Challenge
that took place at the tail-end of September.
Eight countries congregated in Zambia’s Copper
belt city of Kitwe to jostle for bragging rights.
Zimbabwe would take the winner’s crown after
amassing 889 gross over 72 holes of golf.
Each country fielded four players, with three of
the best scores counting on each day. None of
Uganda’s quartet of golfers managed to break
par on the 18-hole championship course in
Kitwe. The best score by a Ugandan golfer came
after 54 holes of golf when Peter Ssendaula
returned a level par 73 to the clubhouse.
The Ugandans were quick to blame their horror
show on the dry course. One of the golfers
lamented over the greens being “pretty fast”. He
was in fact touching a raw and unhealed scar.
Ugandan golfers have grappled with fast greens
outside their milieu since time immemorial. This
is largely down to the fact that Bermuda grass,
which is widely used on golf courses that dot
Uganda, holds the ball a great deal.
Golfers the world over are quite particular about
what grasses their links have. The grass that
has over the years gained acceptance is the kind
that is tough, fast-repairing and can withstand
plenty of traffic (read pitch marks). Bent grass is
what has been found to tick most, if all, of the
boxes. Ugandan links are not landscaped with
bent grass though. It’s not for the lack of trying.
Bent grass is averse to heat; manicuring its thin
blades might be quite simple, but a sub-green
cooling system is needed for bent grass greens
to thrive in the tropics such as Uganda. That
means money…lots of money.
This dreadful turn-off has forced Uganda to
embrace the heat-tolerant Bermuda grass.
Questions, though, abound about why other
countries in the tropics are predisposed to bent
grass anyway. A top official with the Uganda
Golf Union tells Golf Uganda that the continued
snubbing of all things bent grass has been to
his dismay. He adds that this has left Ugandan
golfers playing catch-up.
Not all is lost. There is some light at the end of
the tunnel. The 18-hole Lake Victoria Serena
Championship Golf Course, which sprawls over
a leafy Lweza suburb in the splendor of Africa’s
biggest water body, is set to sport bent grass.
Ditto the par 71 Entebbe Club course that will,
Golf Uganda understands, be retouched next
year.
It, however, remains to be seen whether this
will indeed be light at the end of the tunnel or
a harbinger of an incoming train. With Ugandan
golfers increasingly being train wrecks on fast
greens, you have to hope it’s the former.
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ON THE TEE WITH…
Dr Kashaka Karegeya Davis
What do you do?
My work is multi-faced ranging from business,
volunteer works and playing golf. My
business is mostly in consultancy in post
conflict recovery programs in the great lakes.
I do at time support family business when
not busy with consultancy work I turn my
focus in managing our printing business in
Kigali(NIKA printers) at times offer support to
my wife at little bears Montessori in Rwanda,
and while in Uganda , I help the family to
manage the FXE business(hedge Forex Bureua)
in Kampala. I also do a lot of voluntary
works in various fields in human rights activism,
serving on various golf committees and
unions, board member.
When did you start playing golf?
I started playing golf at an early age probably
at 7 years. Our home was a stone throw away
near the golf course in Mbarara. During the
1985-86 war, the family was displaced and
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relocated to kampala. I didn’t not touch a golf
club for almost 15 years (1984 to 1999). I resumed
playing golf in November 1999 when
I visited USA. At that time a friend of mine
took me to a golf club where Tiger Woods
had won a tournament that year (fountain
blue golf course in Florida). The course was
different with a lot of water hazards, homes
built along the course and white sand in bunkers.
It was totally different from golf courses
I had seen in Africa. Since then, I have never
looked back and I have played golf until today.
Tell us something most people don’t know
about you?
Most people don’t realize my love for golf is
another sphere. I live near the golf course in
Kigali, Rwanda. All my planning for the week
weather local, regional and international, a
game of golf has to surface. I have been exposed
to several golf courses because of the
same principle of plan along your golf game.
I have a small family of 6 nicknamed “golfing
family” as every member of the family plays
golf. Depending on location, in Kigali, I play
golf (nine holes) daily from 6am to 7.30am
except on Sunday given to church business.
In Kampala, I try to play two to three times
18 holes a week or play at Palm Valley or Entebbe
once a month. In Kampala, I belong to
Good life AM group that plays every Saturday.
On family matters, I’m married to Namutebi
Rehema (Hcp 21) for 13 years and God has
blessed us with four children, 2 boys and 2
girls. My eldest son is Elvis Keine Karegeya
12yrs playing off 27 (hcp). He is now in S1 at
Kings College Buddo , Ethel Keza Karegeya
is 9 years old, playing off 36 is now in G4 at
little bears Monstessorri , Eldrick Karegeya
is 5years(N3 Little bears) and Elise karegeya
2yrs(little Bears).
I have been involved with golf development
in Rwanda for the last 12 years and served
on various committees, as captain, secretary
and now the course members. I’m also the

general secretary of Rwanda golf union. On
the region, I’m the vice president of East
Africa golf federation. I have played for
Rwanda National team from 2001 to 2012,
and captained the team. I’m currently the
team manager for the team with our recent
participation in Uganda where we became
third.
In your opinion, what are the strengths
of your game? What would describe as
the weaknesses of your game, or should I
say the aspects that you still have to give
attention to?
My strength in the game of golf lies in more
practice you do more results you get. I use
the range or make sure that I handle a club
within a week. On the course my strength lies
approach shots say 170 to 50 yards to the
pin. I’m always precise with my target and
this has given me a big boost in the game. My
second strength lies on reading the greens
and be able to judge putt speed and direction.
My weakness lies in tee off using a driver
(currently I have ping driver 9 degrees). My
driving distance is short compared to any
other hcp 2 or below and at times I hit low
Quick CV:
balls and fail to carry most dog legs.
What is your best moment in golf?
Many moments have showed up in golf but
the most darling one is winning the Rwanda
Open in 2001 and earning a ticket to play
in the all Africa games in Swaziland 2002.
During the tournament I played 36 holes with
Louise Ooesthen (RSA ) who is currently a
professional player and a winner of the British
open.
The second best moment is when I won the
Kenya airways tournament (2011) held at
UGC with 44 stable ford points. I was taken to
Kenya to the grand final but was never given
my prized award of business tickets for two
where KQ flies in the world.
The third best golf moment is the Independence
Day tournament 2014 held at Palm
valley where I dedicated my win to my late
Mother.
What advice would you give youngsters
having a crack at the game for the first
time?
Golf is a good game that given the opportunity,
all schools should have driving ranges. I’m
in support of Dr Ssebaale’s project in Buddo
where kids learn golf at early age. My family
pledged 1000 range balls towards the support
of the same cause and we fill honor it. I
encourage the youngsters to learn the game;
it’s an easy game to learn which will make
them mature well in life once they start it.
It is interesting that most golfers don’t take
practice round or use of range as precaution
in build up for a game or tournament. I encourage
everyone to get at least one or two
days to have a round or hit a few balls in a
week. Personally, I have made it a habit to
move with my golf bags whether its business
trip or personal affairs to get the opportunity
to swing or play golf.
Final word
If you make your mind to play golf, play it
with full passion and love. Golf can be the
gate way to your life; you meet all kinds of
people from different disciplines. my personally
confrontation with golfers has made me
meet different people like celebrities, heads
of states, businessmen, colleagues and other
people in their own capacities.
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FORWARD TEE OFF WITH…
IDDI MADINA
What do you do?
I work with Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung Africa as a Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer.
Tell us something that most people don’t know about you?
I dread making mistakes in anything I engage in.
Is Tanzanian ladies golf in a good state of health?
We face many challenges. The first challenge is support from
government, which thinks golf is a preserve of the rich and therefore can
sustain itself. We also lack sponsors as well as a dedicated secretariat to
run the game of ladies golf. Me and my fellow lady golfers practice hard
all the time. Our efforts have enabled us to get support from some good
Samaritans. At times we are not so lucky and therefore need to dig deep
in our pockets to play in certain events.
So, would you say Tanzanian ladies’ golf is regressing?
For sure, and let me be honest, the game of golf in Tanzania is not
growing; it is falling back again. In 2009 up to 2013, the game was
growing as many young golfers joined thanks to the support of Mr.
Dionis Malinzi. But when [Malinzi] held back his support, this all stopped.
Some of the young golfers who joined left. There is no junior programme
in place. The Tanzanian government is not supporting us as golf is not on
the sports budget. The private sector has tried its best to support, but
not that much.
What have been some of your best moments on the greens, Iddi?
My best moment is the time when Hawa Wanyeche, Angel Eaton, Ayne
Magombe and I won the East and Central Africa Challenge trophy for the
second time in 2011. I was also the winner in the individual category, so
it was pretty special.
Any word of advice to a young girl who is thinking of having a crack at
the sport…
The advice I normally give girls and youngsters is they need to work hard
on practicing, be honest and be patient with the game: that’s the secret
of the game.
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Club Spotlight: St Andrews
St Andrews Golf Club Hosts the 144th
Open Championship 2015.
THE Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews was founded on 14
May 1754 with the first Challenge for the Silver Club. Evolving over
250 colorful years of British history, it has grown from a small society of
no fixed abode into a club whose membership of around 2,500 extends
worldwide.
From the late 19 th century, the Club increasingly came to be regarded
as a governing authority, both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Between
1897 and 2003 it developed three distinct areas of responsibility,
namely the administration of the Rules of Golf in conjunction with
the USGA, the running of The Open Championship and other key golfing
events, and the development of the game in existing and emerging golfing
nations.
The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the “home
of golf” because the sport was first played on the Links at St Andrews
in the early 1400s. Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland
until in 1457, when James II of Scotland banned golf because he felt
that young men were playing too much golf instead of practicing their
archery. The ban was upheld by the following kings of Scotland until
1502, when King James IV became a golfer himself and removed the
ban.
The Open will return to the Home of Golf in 2015 when the 144th
Championship is played at St Andrews from 16-19 July.
It will be the 29th time that golf’s oldest Major has been held over the
Old Course.
South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen won by seven shots with a 16-under
par total of 272 when The Open was last held at St Andrews in 2010.
The R&A’s Chief Executive Peter Dawson said: “We are delighted to announce
that The Open will be returning to St Andrews and the historic
Old Course in 2015.
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“St Andrews has proved time and again that it is perfectly equipped to
host The Open and I am certain we will yet again see a worthy winner
lift the Claret Jug.
Features of the course
“Players, spectators and officials alike will welcome a return to the
game’s spiritual home and I fully expect that we will witness another
thrilling Championship.”
Euan Loudon, Chief Executive of St Andrews Links Trust, said: “We are
very much looking forward to welcoming The Open Championship back
to the Links.
“There is always a special sense of anticipation when The Open is played
on the Old Course and it promises to be no different in 2015.
“Almost every great champion in the game has played here and there is
no more fitting celebration of the rich heritage of the Home of Golf than
hosting golf’s oldest Major Championship.”
Other memorable moments include Nicklaus waving an emotional farewell
from the Swilcan Bridge in 2005 as he ended his remarkable career.
Independent research, commissioned jointly by The R&A and Event
Scotland, found that the 2010 Open Championship delivered a combined
£100 million benefit to Scotland, with £40.1 million entering the
local economy.
One of the unique features of the Old Course is the large double greens.
Seven greens are shared by two holes each, with hole numbers adding
up to 18 (2nd paired with 16th, 3rd with 15th, all the way up to 8th
and 10th). The Swilcan Bridge, spanning the first and 18th holes, has
become a famous icon for golf in the world. Everyone who plays the
18th hole walks over this 700 year old bridge, and many iconic pictures
of the farewells of the most iconic golfers in history have been taken
on this bridge. A life-size stone replica of the Bridge is situated at the
World Golf Hall of Fame museum in St. Augustine, Florida. Only the 1st,
9th, 17th and 18th holes have their own greens. Another unique feature
is that the course can be played in either direction, clockwise or
anti-clockwise. Along with that, the Old Course has 112 bunkers which
are all individually named and have their own unique story and history
behind them. The two most famous are the 10 ft deep “Hell Bunker” on
the 14th hole, and the “Road Hole Bunker” on the 17th hole. Countless
professional golfers have seen their dreams of winning the Open Championship
squandered by hitting their balls in those bunkers.
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The general method of play today is anti-clockwise, although clockwise
play has been permitted on one day each year in recent years and since
2008 has been allowed on the Friday, Saturday and Monday of the first
weekend in April. Originally, the course was reversed every week in order
to let the grass recover better. One other unusual thing about the
Old Course is that it is closed on Sundays to let the course rest. On some
Sundays, the course turns into a park for all the townspeople who come
out to stroll, picnic and otherwise enjoy the grounds. As a general rule,
Sunday play is allowed on the course on only four occasions:
• The final day of The Open Championship and Women’s British Open
when it is held at the Old Course; this happens roughly once every
five years for the men; the women’s championship began its turn on
the rotation in 2007.
• The final day of two top amateur events, the St. Andrews Links Trophy
and the St Rule Trophy
The Old Course is also home of The Road Hole, the par-4 17th, one of
the world’s most famous golf holes. Among its unique features are:
• Players using the back tees cannot see where their tee shots land;
which is not unusual except that they must take aim over a corner of
The Old Course Hotel.
While winning the Open Championship is a crowning achievement for
any golfer, a win at St Andrews is considered particularly important due
to the course’s long tradition. Past winners at St Andrews include Tiger
Woods won by eight and five shots in 2000 and 2005 respectively,
joining past winners that include J. H. Taylor (1895, 1900), James Braid
(1905, 10), Bobby Jones (1927), Peter Thomson (1955), Bobby Locke
(1957), Jack Nicklaus (1970, 78), Seve Ballesteros (1984) and Sir Nick
Faldo (1990).
144 th Open Championship
WHEN: July 16 th – 19 th
WHERE: St Andrews
PAR/YARDAGE: 72/6742
• Other than rough, the primary hazard in front of the green is a sand
trap known as the “Road Hole Bunker.”
• Over the back of the green, hazards include a tarmac roadway, as
well as an old stone wall. Both are in play; a wayward shot can lead
a player to take their next stroke off the roadway or to hit the face of
the wall and take their chances with the ensuing bounce.
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Horschel’s Mantra:
Clothes Make the Man
Billy Horschel had a 50 percent
success rate during his early
days as a professional golfer. It had
nothing to do with hitting greens in
regulation or keeping the ball out of
the rough. It had everything to do
with having his wardrobe vetted by
his wife, Brittany.
Horschel was taking too many
risks. He was trying to match
fuchsia shirts with orange
pants and gray belts with brown
shoes, fashion catastrophes for which
he was swiftly chastised. In his words,
Horschel had always been “someone
who wanted to look good,” but he
was also fortunate to have a spouse
providing guidance at home.
“His choices have gotten a lot better,”
Brittany Horschel said. “I’d say he’s up
to 95 percent approval. He’s grown in
all aspects of his game.”
Horschel, 26, who made his biggest
sartorial splash by wearing octopusprint
pants at the United States Open,
has become a multidimensional force
on the PGA Tour. His win at the Zurich
Classic of New Orleans in April was his
first title on tour.
It took time for Horschel to emerge as
a top-flight player. He made annual
pilgrimages to qualifying school. He
traveled to equatorial outposts on
the Web.com Tour. He battled his
emotions. In 2011, after he threw a
temper tantrum — and his clubs —
during the final round of a tournament
in Georgia, he began to work with
a sports psychologist, and his play
improved almost immediately.
“He’s grown up a lot,” said Buddy
Alexander, who coached Horschel
at the University of Florida. “There’s
never been any question about his
ability or his talent.”
At the same time, and perhaps not
coincidentally, Horschel has embraced
a sense of style. On the golf course, he
favors slim-fitting slacks designed by
Ralph Lauren, European-cut polos and
wingtip shoes. At home, he often pairs
crisp jeans with Lululemon shirts — a
more recent development.
“He just started with that,” his wife
said as she watched him play Friday at
Congressional Country Club. “He irons
everything.”
Yet there is also a serious side to
Horschel’s fashion whimsies. Those
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closest to him see a direct correlation between
the way he dresses and the way he plays. For a
golfer who can be particularly tough on himself,
Horschel has found that wearing cool clothes
calms him down.
“It’s almost like it takes the pressure off his golf
and gives him something else to think about,”
Sherry Whay, his agent, said.
On the driving range last week, Horschel was
stopped more than once by colleagues who
wanted to know if he had any special outfits in
store for the rest of the tournament. Horschel
said he wanted to keep it a surprise, though he
did acknowledge that he had plans to “spice
things up.”
Martin Flores, a fellow American, walked past.
“Hey, Martin,” Horschel said. “Your hair looks
really good today!”
Bold clothes are not exactly new to golf, which
has carried on a love affair with splashy plaids
and bright prints for decades. Rickie Fowler
looks like a giant traffic cone whenever he
dresses in his Sunday orange. Ian Poulter, who
once wore pants that were patterned with the
British flag, has a clothing line.
Generally speaking, though, golfers err on the
side of caution. Ben Curtis, who won the British
Open in 2003, said he liked to stick with solids.
He once experimented with pants that had a
stripe down the side. He felt as if he were living
on the edge.
“I just decided that I can’t do that,” Curtis said.
Horschel is the opposite, though his tastes have
grown more refined. In high school and college,
he liked to pop his collar.
“That was his thing,” Brittany Horschel said. “He
moved away from that when he turned pro.”
Even at Florida, Horschel was conscious of the
way he looked and what he wore, Alexander
said. As a senior, Horschel was involved in
the selection of team uniforms, a privilege
he did not take lightly. The Gators had a rich
assortment of mix-and-match choices at their
disposal: six pairs of pants, nine pairs of shorts
(including three that had some “additional flair
to them,” Alexander said) and about nine shirts.
Horschel made his preferences clear to the
team.
“I’m a big believer in the idea that if you look
good and you feel good, you’re going to play
good,” Alexander, his coach, said. “Billy wanted
to feel good about the way he looked. It was
important to him. He also had an element about
him that said, ‘Hey, look at me!’ He wants to be
seen. He likes being on that stage.”
None of this is meant to suggest that Horschel
is a fashion expert. He is learning as he goes.
When a representative for Ralph Lauren, one of
his sponsors, asked if he would be interested
in wearing octopus pants at the United States
Open, Horschel said yes, because he thought
that octopus was a new cut.
“But then the octopus pants came,” Horschel
said, “and I realized, oh, there’s an actual
octopus on them.”
Despite the confusion, he was intrigued by the
pants. Once his wife offered her support, he
agreed to wear them for Sunday’s final round.
The only caveat was that he would need to play
well enough in the early rounds to advance to
the weekend. It provided more than enough
incentive.
“When he made the cut, the first thing I said to
him was, ‘You get to wear the octopus pants, ”
Brittany Horschel said. “He just had a big smile.”
Horschel, who finished the tournament in a
tie for fourth, said the pants were a “one-time
gig,” and they now reside in an unwashed heap
on his closet floor. He has no regrets about
wearing them, he said. They left an impression
with fans, journalists and friends on the tour.
Many had positive reactions. Others?
“When I get a chance to sit down with him,
I’m going to ask him about those pants,” said
Tommy Gainey, a PGA Tour journeyman who
is nicknamed Two Gloves because he wears
two gloves. “I’m going to ask him what he was
thinking.”
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Golf Snap shots
Dress codes
This one is a bit tricky. Dress codes are a continuous matter for debate for golf Clubs in most Countries depending on the
age of the committee in question! Every Club has its own dress code and, while most of them are coming to their senses
about things like collared shirts, hair style and “no pants with knee-pockets”, the fact remains that many older Clubs can’t
see past their jackets and ties long enough to realize that “dress appropriately” is a better option than trying to define
exactly what a collar is. Nevertheless, it is wise to phone any Club beforehand and ask for details about its dress code- it
might save you an unnecessary, frustrating and potentially embarrassing incident on the first tee. Avoid denim jeans and
T-shirts at all costs and, if you want to play it safe, ensure you have belted trousers and a conventional, collared golf shirt.
Adam Scot parts ways with caddie Steve Williams
After a three-year partnership that
resulted in Adam Scott becoming the first
Australian-born winner of the Masters, the
former World No. 1 and caddie Steve Williams
have parted ways.
Scott made the announcement in a statement
released Wednesday morning.
“Steve has been an integral part of my team
in a period where I have fulfilled some of my
lifetime golfing goals,” Scott said in a statement.
“His dedication and professionalism have been
without question, and his friendship is highly
valued. Our priorities and stages of life are
different now, and so we decided that this is the
best time to end our partnership.”
Scott hired Williams in 2011 shortly after Tiger
Woods fired Williams after winning 13 majors
together.
Colsaerts hits longest drive on European Tour
NICOLAS COLSAERTS has hit the longest drive
ever recorded on the European Tour en route to
grabbing the clubhouse lead with a 5-under 66
on the opening day of the Wales Open.
Colsaerts hit his tee shot 447 yards on the
par-five 18th hole of the Twenty-Ten course at
Celtic Manor, which hosted the 2010 Ryder Cup.
He took full advantage of a prevailing breeze
and the hard condition of the fairway at the
575-yard hole, which Colsaerts was playing as
his ninth.
Colsearts’ drive was five yards longer than the
Williams has said over the last year that he was
going to cut back on his caddie responsibilities
soon to move home to his native New Zealand
to spend more time with his family.
“After discussing this in detail with Adam it
became evident that my plan was not going
to fit with Adam’s requirements and so we
decided to end our partnership,” Williams said.
“Having caddied for the first Australian to win
the Masters is a career highlight and a memory
I will cherish forever. If the right opportunity
arose I would consider caddying on a part time
basis in the future.”
previous known European Tour mark of 442
yards set by India’s Shiv Kapur in the third round
of the 2012 Madeira Islands Open.
The Belgian said “the hole was playing
downwind and I managed to get a good bounce.”
He went on to make an eagle on the hole.
The longest drive on the PGA TOUR in 2013-
14 came from Bubba Watson, who hit a 424-
yard drive in Round 3 of the WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational.
Kisande Habibu Wins Hima Cement Open in Kasese
Home boy Kisande Habibu won the
Hima Cement Open at the hilly par
73 Kilembe Mines Golf Course with a
two days tally of 150 gross in the 36
holes event. The Uganda Golf Union
sanctioned event was mainly graced
by golfers from Tooro Golf Club,
Mbarara Sports Club and the home
players.
Another home boy, Happy Robert
came in second, three strokes off the
lead with 153 gross. In third position
was Tooro based Lawrence Muhenda
on 156 gross.
The men’s group A title was won
by Handicap 6 Kisande Sulait on
146 net, the group B title went to
handicap 15 Atuhairwe Rogers also
on 146 net and the group C title was
won by handicap 28 Joab Ngai on
171 net on countback.
In the women’s category, KMGC lady
captain playing off handicap 21 led
from the front when she claimed the
overall ladies category on 145 net, in
second position is handicap 15 from
Tooro Club, Peace Kabasweka on 160
net, and a massive fifteen shorts off
the pace. In third place was Tooro
Clubs Jill Pinda on 167 net.
In the other days highlight, Tooro
Club’s Otim Denis aced the par three
fourteenth hole using a five iron and
a Titleist prov ball on day one.
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Royal & Ancient votes to admit female members
While the R&A members have access to the clubhouse behind the first
tee at the Old Course, they belong to a club, not a golf course. The seven
golf courses at St. Andrews are open to the public.
The favorable vote was hailed from golf organizations, public officials
and sponsors around the world.
“This is positive news for the sport, and I hope we will now see other
golf clubs that still have outdated same-sex policies follow suit,” said
Helen Grant, Britain’s minister for sport. “With golf in the next Olympics
there is a huge opportunity for the sport to grow and this sends out the
right inclusive message that golf is for everyone.”
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews is no longer just for men.
The R&A became the latest golf club to end years of male-only
exclusivity on Thursday when its members voted overwhelmingly in
favor of inviting women. The vote was effective immediately.
“I can confirm that The Royal & Ancient Golf of St. Andrews is now
a mixed membership club,” R&A secretary Peter Dawson said in a
statement.
Dawson said more than three-quarters of the club’s 2,500 members
worldwide voted, with 85 percent in favor. It was the first time in the
R&A’s 260-year history that members were allowed to vote by proxy at
the annual business meeting.
The members also voted to fast-track a “significant” number of women
to join in the next few months. The R&A did not say how many women
would be invited, though previous reports indicated it could be as many
as 15.
“This is a very important and positive day in the history of the Royal and
Ancient Golf Club,” Dawson said. “The R&A has served the sport of golf
well for 260 years and I am confident that the club will continue to do
so in future with the support of all its members, both women and men.”
Augusta National, home of the Masters, decided two years ago to invite
women to join. Unlike the R&A, Augusta National did not have a written
policy that banned women. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore were the first female
members.
The Royal & Ancient governs golf everywhere in the world except for the
United States and Mexico. It is separate from “The R&A,” a business arm
created 10 years ago to handle the Rules of Golf, organize The Open
Championship and operate other business affairs. But while the R&A
has female employees, the committees and board are populated by club
members, so there had been no women in leadership roles governing
the game or running championships.
The R&A was coming under increasing pressure when The Open
Championship was held at all-male clubs, most recently Muirfield in
2013. Even some of its sponsors were getting uncomfortable with the
centuries-old policies barring women.
“As a partner of the R&A and a long term international sponsor of golf,
we welcome this news with open arms,” said Giles Morgan, HSBC’s
global head of sponsorship and events. “HSBC is committed to growing
the game at all levels and fundamental to this is our commitment
to the value of diversity and our support of women’s golf, which is a
cornerstone of our global golf portfolio.
“We look forward to continuing this successful partnership at St
Andrews in 2015 for what promises to be the start of a new era.”
The Women’s British Open has been played at St. Andrews twice since
2007, and they were allowed in the clubhouse during the championship.
“The LPGA is happy to hear that the members of the Royal & Ancient
Golf Club in St. Andrews have voted to include female members,” the
LPGA Tour said in a statement. “This decision is certainly a step in the
right direction and one that better captures the current diversity and
inclusiveness of our great game.”
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LPGA announces new Rolex Annika Major Award
The LPGA announced Wednesday that
the new Rolex Annika Major Award will
be presented beginning this year to the best
overall performer in the year’s five major
championships.
The award is named after Annika Sorenstam,
who won 10 majors.
While the award will be determined by points,
the Rolex Annika Major Award winner must
have won one of the majors in the year at hand.
A player with five second-place finishes can’t
win the award. The trophy will be presented
after the conclusion of the season-ending Evian
Championship.
“Our goal with everything we do is to elevate
women’s golf and the LPGA,” tour commissioner
Mike Whan said.
“The major championships are the biggest
stage we have, and we’re proud to partner with
Rolex and Annika to create this award.”
The points system used to determine the
winner is the same used to determine the Rolex
Player of the Year Award. Top-10 finishes in
majors will be rewarded. A victory will be worth
60 points, second place 24 points, third place
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Ayella both missing out. At the top end of the
leaderboard, Byamukama was pushed all the
way by lanky Denis Anguyo who finished just
two strokes off the pace. Herman Mutawe,
Godfrey Mande and George Olayo completed
the top five in that order.
Final leaderboard
Araali’s Uhuru joy
Rounds of 73 and 74 on a challenging ninehole
par 72 course at Palm Valley Golf and
Country Club was enough to land Vincent
Byamukama the lion’s share of the Shs
10.8m purse for professional golfers at the
Pepsi Independence Day Open.
Eleven of 18 professional golfers made the
cut with brothers Dickson Lagoro and Gerald
R1 R2 Total
Vicent Byamukama 73 74 147
Denis Anguyo 73 76 149
Herman Mutawe 73 77 150
Godfrey Mande 77 74 151
George Olayo 75 77 152
Saidi Mawa 76 77 153
Opio Onito 76 78 154
Steven Odong 78 76 154
Deo Akope 78 77 155
Fred Wanzala 80 75 155
Silver Opio 81 74 155
Catch me if you can
A dozen strokes is what separated first from second in the
maiden Palm Valley Ladies Golf Open. Fifty-one ladies featured
in the 36-hole event that was comfortably won by Flavia
Namakula who grossed 165.
The real battle was between second and third, with Eva Magala
doing just enough to hold off a charge from home girl Merlon
Kyomugisha. Magala, a seasoned golfer, carded 177 gross, a
couple of strokes better than what Kyomugisha managed.
Final leaderboard
Overall winner:
1st runner up:
2nd runner up:
Silver category:
Bronze category:
Professionals:
Flavia Namakula (165 gross)
Eva Magala (177 gross)
Merlon Kyomugisha (179 gross)
Gloria Mbaguta (161 nett)
Samalie Naikomba (158 nett)
Silver Opio (71 gross)
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Golf Snap shots
Ramming it home
What Saidi Mawa could do so could his sibling Ram Shaban who carried
the overall winner’s prize in the men’s category at the Motor care Golf
tournament. The one-day event took place at Uganda Golf Club with
legions of golfers generating quite some traffic on the par 72 Kitante
course.
Playing off handicap 12, Ram used birdies at holes 3, 7 and 8 to return 70
nett to the clubhouse. Brenda Ngabo stood head and shoulders above all
the other ladies after also mustering 70 nett.
Leaderboard
Men’s category
Overall winner:
Group A winner:
Runner up:
Group B winner:
Runner up:
Group C winner:
Runner up:
Group D winner:
Runner up:
Ladies’ category
Group A Winner:
Runner up:
Group B winner:
Runner up:
Group C winner:
Runner up:
Ram Shaban (70 nett)
Solomon Kego (74 nett)
Francis Ngabo (75 nett C/B)
Timothy Okwii (71 nett)
Steven Jali (72 nett)
Jadu Patel (72 nett)
Patrick Kabonero (74 nett C/B)
Edgar Muhabura (76 nett)
James Nderitu (77 nett)
Gloria Mbaguta (73 nett)
Evelyn Asiimwe (75 nett)
Anne Abeja (70 nett)
Maureen Nasimolo (76 nett)
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Golf Snap shots
Johnson breaks Tiger’s mark while suspended, waiting for baby
But Johnson has apparently been working on his own game, as well, and
did something he will most definitely tell his child — and their children
— to his dying day.
Johnson last week shot a 61 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand
Oaks, Calif., breaking the club’s course record by one stroke; that 62 was
shot (twice) by . . . yup, Tiger Woods.
The report added that Johnson was playing with his future father-inlaw
when he shot the 61, and offered a photo of Johnson’s scorecard
signed by Wayne Gretzky as proof of the record.
A report in Golf.com pointed out more good news for Johnson, noting
that the 30-year-old moved up in the World Golf Rankings . . . again,
despite not playing competitively for more than three months!
Dustin Johnson has been a busy man since his suspension / leave of
absence from the PGA Tour in July.
After reports surfaced that Johnson had tested positive for cocaine use,
Johnson’s season on the PGA Tour abruptly came to an end. But he has
since spent time with his fiancée, Paulina Gretzky, playing alongside her,
caddying for her and getting her pregnant.
“Somebody pointed that [World Ranking oddity] out to me this
morning,” Johnson’s agent David Winkle told Golf.com. “It’s funny, this is
my 28th year in the business and I still don’t understand how the World
Ranking works.”
Winkle added that Johnson’s return (his absence, regardless of who
imposed it, is supposed to expire after six months) is still up in the air, as
the golfer plans on waiting until his child is born
Kaymer wins PGA Grand Slam in a playoff
Martin Kaymer defeated Bubba Watson
in a playoff in Bermuda to claim the
victory.
Martin Kaymer is making a habit of beating
Bubba Watson in head-to-head situations,
even at an exhibition of major champions in
Bermuda.
Kaymer won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf on
Wednesday by surviving a wild day of lead
changes. The U.S. Open champion won on
the first playoff hole at Port Royal by making
a 10-foot birdie and then watching Watson
miss his birdie putt from 4 feet.
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“I was surprised that he missed it,” Kaymer
said after closing with an even-par 71. “Obviously,
you don’t want to win a golf tournament
that way, but I’ll take it.”
The Open Championship and PGA champion
Rory McIlroy closed with a 75 and was
eight shots behind. Jim Furyk, the alternate
in this 36-hole event for the year’s four major
champions, had a 73 and was another shot
behind.
Watson, the Masters championship, shot 69.
Kaymer chipped in for eagle on the 16th hole
at Gleneagles to beat Watson in the Ryder
Cup in another European victory. They also
met in a playoff in the 2010 PGA Championship
at Whistling Straits, which Kaymer won
on the last hole when Watson hit into the
water.
Another shot into the water cost Watson at
Port Royal.
The stress didn’t end when the Grand Slam
was over.
With Hurricane Gonzalo quickly approaching,
the PGA of America chartered a flight to get
its entire crew off the island. Officials were
making sure the four players could get their
flights out before the Category 4 storm arrived.
It was expected to be near Bermuda
early Friday, according to the U.S. National
Hurricane Center in Miami.
The final round was so wild that Kaymer’s
three-shot lead after seven holes was gone
three holes later. He quickly rebuilt a threeshot
lead after 12, only for Watson to pick up
a shot on each of the next three holes, leaving
them tied going to the par-3 16th.
That’s when it turned in Watson’s favor --
but only for a minute. The Masters champion
made birdie and took a two-shot lead when
Kaymer made bogey. But on the par-5 17th,
Watson hit into the water for a bogey, and
Kaymer made birdie.
Both made par on the 18th in regulation, and
then returned to No. 18 for a playoff.
“It felt like nobody really wanted to win
around the turn,” Kaymer said.
Kaymer won $600,000, while Watson earned
$400,000.
Watson missed four good birdie chances on
the front nine until he finally converted on
No. 8. That was the start of 10 straight holes
in which neither player tied a hole with a par.
Over the last 12 holes, Kaymer and Watson
combined for eight birdies and seven bogeys.
Watson saved his most costly mistake for the
playoff hole.
“I hit great putts. They just didn’t want to go
in this week,” Watson said. “That’s how golf
is sometimes.”

Golf Snap shots
The tournament attracted a strong field of golfers across all categories.
Rutayisire and Hakizimana had to be at the peak of their powers to take
top honours. Rutayisire returned 78, 81, 78 and 74 to the clubhouse
during four intense days of action for a winning aggregate of 311. He
just about did enough to hold off compatriots Francois Habimana (79,
77, 79 and 78) and Celestine Habineza (82, 74, 77 and 80) who both
aggregated 313, with the later finishing third on count back.
Abbey Bagalana (329) and Joseph Mawejje (336) were the only
Ugandans who managed to make the top 10 in the amateurs’ fold.
In the professionals’ category, Hakizimana reigned supreme after
mastering the dry course. Rounds of 71, 71, 75 and 75 saw the
unassuming Hakizimana finish head and shoulders above the rest.
Kenya’s Dismas Indiza placed second after finishing five shots off the
pace with an aggregate of 297 (74, 68, 78 and 79).
Hosts go for jugular at the Rwanda
Golf Open
Emmanuel Rutayisire and Jean Baptist Hakizimana showed an
outstanding nous of their home course to win the amateurs and
professionals honours during the Rwanda Golf Open held at the par-72
Kigali Golf Club in Nyarutarama, Kigali, July.
“It’s a big achievement for me. It has given me much confidence ahead
of the prestigious Tony Jacklin West Florida golf tour set for August to
December in the US later this year,” Hakizimana enthused after the
gruelling tournament.
Ugandans had nothing to enthuse about after seeing only Denis Anguyo
make the grade. The lanky golfer played in the final day’s pressure
group, but a disappointing return of 81 saw him finish joint tenth. He,
however, sought solace in the fact that the performance was good
enough to allow him the chance to partake of a prize kitty that totalled
an eye-popping RFA (Rwanda Francs) 6,250,000.
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NYALI GOLF AND COUNTRY
CLUB, MOMBASA
Naomi Wafula
Tigress in the making
FINAL LEADERBOARD
David Njoroge of Royal Nairobi golf Club has claimed the KCB finals at Nyali
Golf and Country club in Mombaza after he beat Riz Charania on the third
sudden death play off hole. Both players had returned 284 gross hence the
need for the play off.
The KCB finals attracted 50 professional golfers from the region and Uganda’s
top pro, Deo Akope tied in fifth place on 289 gross. Other Ugandans
that made the cut were Denis Anguyo tied in sixteenth place on 306 and
Vincent Byamukama tied in the twenty first position on 310 gross out of
the 30 that made the cut.
No Name Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 TOTAL
T1 *BRIAN NJOROGE 70 72 68 74 284
T1 RIZ CHARANIA 71 73 67 73 284
2 C.J WANGAI 75 70 66 75 286
4 DISMAS INDIZA 71 73 68 75 286
T5 NICHOLAS ROKONIE 73 71 73 72 289
T5 M.N.NGUGI 75 67 76 71 289
T5 DEO AKOPE 74 73 71 71 289
8 KOPAN TIMBE 75 70 73 72 290
9 S.ANDERSEN 67 78 76 72 293
10 DAVID ODHIAMBO 73 72 76 76 297
11 ERICK OOKO 81 73 69 75 298
12 JACOB OKELLO 79 75 71 74 299
13 DAVID WAKHU 74 77 77 75 303
14 PAUL THUO 74 76 79 75 304
T15 SIMON NGIGE 80 76 70 79 305
T15 RICHARD AINELY 76 78 76 75 305
T16 DAVID OPATI 76 75 78 77 306
T16 DENIS ANGUYO 79 78 73 76 306
T19 BONIFACE SIMWA 76 78 75 80 309
T19 ELISHA KASUKU 76 77 82 74 309
T21 MATHEW OMONDI 75 73 80 82 310
T21 VINCENT BYAMUKAMA 74 78 78 80 310
T21 CHARANTHETHY 79 78 76 77 310
T21 ANIL SHAH 77 80 78 75 310
T21 JAMES KARANJA 75 77 85 73 310
T26 AGIL IS-HAQ(A) 76 78 72 86 312
T26 JOSEPH W. KARANJA 76 78 77 81 312
28 JAMES LORUM 77 80 80 79 316
29 KENNEDY ABUTO 77 79 74 88 318
30 SULYAN MUTHUGIA 80 77 84 78 319
* Wins on third sudden death play off hole
NAOMI WAFULA is barely 16, yet the form two student at Makini
School is one of the top female Kenyan golfers, and probably the the
next big thing in the sport. “I developed a desire for golf at the age of
eight when my aunt and coach, Rose Naliaka, introduced me to the
game. That was in 2008. I would go with Aunty Rose to the course and
watch her play. I saw the many prizes she won and that inspired me,”
says Naomi, who is one among 15 girls who are part of Rose Naliaka’s
academy. The legendary Rose Naliaka, easily Kenya’s most feted
female golfer of all time, formed the Naliaka Golf Academy (NGA) to
nurture girls from humble backgrounds
into top golfers as a way of giving back to
the game that made her a superstar. Golf
in Kenya is associated with the wealthy,
corporate types, but Naliaka wants
to change that stereotype by training
disadvantaged girls who mostly come
from the nearby Kibera slums. She trains
them for free, occasionally providing
them with lunch and transport back home
after lessons. Naomi, one of Naliaka’s
finest proteges, was first selected to play
for the female national golf team aged
only 12. The shy, soft-spoken teenager
is poised to becoming one of Africa’s top
golfers. Her most memorable awards
are the 2011 SOYA Award trophy, the All
Africa Challenge (Junior) Trophy (AACT)
that she won in Botswana in 2012, and
the 2013 JGF (Junior Golf Foundation) Top
Girl of the Year.
“I am proud
of the
AACT Junior
Trophy
because I
am the first
Kenyan
player to
win it,” says
Naomi.
“I am proud of the AACT Junior Trophy
because I am the first Kenyan player
to win it,” says Naomi. A typical day
in Naomi’s life begins with a confidence-building activity like role
play. The girls then practise public speaking and ‘confident walking,’
before taking their clubs and moving to the greens, where they work
on their technique - putting, chipping and driving, depending on the
programme of the day. “Golf is fun. I have passion for it and I look
forward to the day I will turn professional to compete in different
tournaments,” says Naomi, the youngest in a family of four, and who
has already played in Scotland, UK and Germany. Born of a single
mother, her aunt, mentor and coach, Rose Naliaka brought her from
her home village in Kitale when she was about four years old and
has taken care of her since. “I am forever thankful to Aunty Rose for
everything she has done for me. I also thank Makini School directors
for giving me a golf scholarship,” she says. In five years, Naomi hopes
to play in the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Tour, having
developed and fine-tuned her hobby in what she calls “fine art”. She
calls upon the government to support golf among children and adults.
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Catching them young
Kings College Budo
introduces Golf to their
menu.
girls but it’s rather small so the numbers are limited per session.
“At Budo, we want our products to be all round so introduction of golf
is a fulfillment of this goal. Golf fulfills the requirement of our mission
which is globally oriented (Golf is global). The students love the game
so much such that we control the numbers; they associate the game
with high class people, so they want to be part of it. Budo is a center of
excellence in every aspect whether academic or anything else. We teach
students to excel in everything they do. We have bright students who
learn very fast and easily, we also have students talented in different
areas including golf” Mr Nsereko Geoffrey, the school Games master
was quoted as saying.
The idea of establishing golf in schools, let alone the golf range
in Kings College Buddo was mooted at the gud life table. Bravo
to our seniors notably Dr Martin Aliker, Mr Amos Nzeyi and the
Gud life Chairman Dr Sam Sejjaka. The rwot Dr lim lim and many other
members realized that despite the good education and the schools that
educated them, very few if any were exposed to golf as a sport.
Many of us are all round sports men but we only got to golf after school
and to some rather late in life and the reason is simple, there is no single
school in this Country with a golf facility but many schools are not very
far from the few existing golf Clubs and facilities.
I support Cricket in Buddo and was sure that there was enough land
for at least a Golf range. So I took the advantage, picked up my phone
and talked to the headmaster, Mr Bakka Male. As expected, he was so
excited, allowed to meet Godffrey Mande, the professional golfer the
very next day.
The major challenge is maintaining a Pro to keep Visiting and training
the kids three times a week and yet it is the real key to our success in
this activity.
We need to complete the range, acquire extra nets, mark out the
distances on the range, and improve on the Teeing area.
We need to embark on the second phase of establishing the chip and
putting area. In addition, the kids that do well need to be followed up
during their holidays and be given opportunities to play on courses in
their localities where golf courses exist.
The headmaster and the school are also willing to provide transport like
they do with other sports at the school over weekends to transport the
kids to a course in Kampala to practice regularly.
ED: This article was inspired by an interview with Dr. AK Sebbaale, a parent at
the school and a major contributor to the range project.
Two sites were picked by them, one for the range and the other for pitch
and putt. We embarked on the range and Godffrey supervised all works
to establish the range and the teeing area.
It’s been a challenge in terms of cost but currently the range is usable
but requires an extra net to keep the balls in range.
I bought 10 golf kits, 10 gloves, 500 range balls.
Honourable Amanya Mushega gave us more range balls to get us going.
Mr Deo Akope visits the school three times a week and you need to see
how excited the kids are. The turn up is impressive amazingly lots of
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MENA
GOLF
TOUR
Point to prove
Despite his recent purple patch,
Deo Akope heads to the Middle
East still hoping to have his critics
eat humble pie
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IT’S been a past two good months for Uganda’s top professional golfer, Deo Akope, whose
performances in the Tusker Malt Lager Uganda Golf Open (Kitante, Kampala) and the grand
finale of KCB Golf Tour (Nyali, Mombasa) have provided answers to his critics.
After failing to make the cut for the umpteenth time at the Kenya Open, the knives were
swiftly removed and Akope vilified. It then looked like Akope was going to continue wallowing
in stormy seas when arch nemesis, Kenya’s Dismas Indiza fired an opening four-under-par 67 in the
first round of the Uganda Open. Three strokes behind, Akope composed himself to shoot rounds of
69, 71 and 71 en route to winning the Shs 100 million event.
Akope’s purple patch continued when he finished joint fifth in another Shs 100 million event — the
grand finale of the KCB Golf Tour at the par 71 Nyali Golf and Country Club course in the Kenyan
coastal town of Mombasa.
Akope has always backed himself up, insisting that he plays “against the course and not people”.
The jury, though, is still out on the thirty-something golfer who will probably need to make the cut
in any one of the two MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Golf Tour tournaments he will be featuring
in throughout October to have the last laugh.
This will be the second time Akope will be heading to Middle East to figure in the lucrative tour. He
featured in three MENA Golf Tour events last year, and pulled up way short, failing to make the cut
in all outings. Doubtless, if Akope is successful with his attempt to exorcise his MENA unquiet spirit,
he will confound his critics.
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Golf
coming back to
Soroti
By Faith Ampwera
My belief had always been that golf is
a sport for the old, retired and bored.
That is why when a friend invited
me to accompany him to watch the game
at Uganda Golf Club course at Kitante where
there was a fund raising event for Soroti Golf
Club (SCG), I was skeptical and unwilling. In
fact, I am quite sure I went only because he
said there were no limits at what I later found
out, at the 19th hole.
There were various teams participating; 22 of
them played for this good cause. Each team
contributed 400,000Ugx just to compete and
all the proceeds were given to SCG. Toyota
Uganda, NTV, Humura Hotel, MTN Uganda
and Kolin Construction are a few of the companies
that participated.
Weather luck was on their side because the
breeze was cool and the air fresh as the
teams went up against each other. My first
surprise though was noticing that most of
the players were young adults who were extremely
skilled, excited and vigorous. My second
surprise was finding myself engaged and
enjoying the sport that I didn’t even notice
that time had gone gone by. I even clapped
on a couple of occasions as players holed out
on the nearby 18th green. So maybe I was
wrong or misinformed about this sport.
The climax of this event however was the
award giving ceremony. To creatively start
off this ceremony, huge personal contributions
were made to the Soroti Golf Club
that included among others, 500 USD from
the President of the Africa Golf Federation.
Ekadu Raymond, the president of SGC was
very grateful and he expressed this by giving
us detailed explanations on why this noble
cause was necessary and needed everyone’s
support.
The president of SCG said that the club is
now experiencing 3 major problems. The
most pressing one was that the club house
currently has no roof. This roof was lifted off
by trespassers and this situation is not just
funny but also alarming.
The second problem is the club’s land was
encroached on depriving them of 2 holes
i.e. holes 2 and 3 thus distorting the original
flow of the course. He stated that they have
enough land to accommodate these holes
however they need a qualified technician to
redesign the course.
The last of the pressing problems is trespassing
through the course by vehicles. About ten
roads have been created through the course
temporarily damaging it.
He thanked the 17 companies that made the
22 teams and 117 individual players that
participated towards this good cause. He expressed
his pride in recently recruiting about
40 golfers who are ready to start playing.
Later on, he handed out the trophies which
were bought in support for this cause by Entebbe
based Kabalaza crew.
I left later that evening not only with a shocking
realization that I had not even had much
on the 19th hole because I was so engaged
and interested in the sport but also with a
newly found respect for golf.
The winning team of the evening was Kolin
Construction with 105 stable ford points and
was made up of the following players;
Mwanja Beca
Bagalana Abbey
Ashaba Morris
Kiyemba Hassan
Other winners were;
Best lady player:
Monica Ntege
Best Male player:
Steven Kitonsa
34 points
30 points
33 points
38 points
34 points
37 points
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Harare
Open!!
Saurombe shrugs off Mandhu
challenge to win
After a nightmarish second day,
Chapman professional golfer Robson
Saurombe, brilliantly bounced
back to bag the Golden Pilsener Harare
Open after edging out Mohammad
Mandhu in a nerve-wrecking sudden
death play-off at the par 72 Chapman
Golf Club.
The two players had finished tied on
2-under-par 214 gross after the three
rounds of the flagship Golden Pilsener
Harare Open, a Zambezi Golf Tour tournament
with a prize kitty of US$20,000
and Saurombe produced an exquisite
chip to set himself up for a tap in birdie,
putting pressure on Mandhu who had
found the green with only his second
shot on the 5-par 18th hole.
Royal Harare’s Mandhu missed his
attempt for a title winning eagle and
missed another putt for birdie while
Saurombe kept his composure as he
birdied the hole to scoop the US$3,600
winners’ cheaque.
“I really feel great, I thank God once
again and the support I got from my
family today was amazing. After yesterday
78, I didn’t think I had a chance, I just
hung in there today and told myself to
shoot a low number, it was not as low as
I wanted but it was low enough to see
me sail through to victory in the play off,”
said the Chapman Golf club teaching Pro
after the win.
Mandhu got US$2,600 for his efforts
while Nickson Masunga, who finished
third on 1 under par, received US$2,100.
Overnight leader, Brian Gondo found the
going very tough to finish tied in 27th
place after a disappointing 83 in the final
round. Uganda’s representatives at
the event Deo Akope managed a tie for
20th after rounds of 75, 74 and 73, eight
shots off the lead but the towering Denis
Anguyo found the going tough and
could only manage to tie in 53 rd position
after rounds of 76, 84 and 77.
Perkins Mutenda from Mutare’s Leopard
Rock Golf Club won the amateurs division
after a tie with Renco Mine’s Visitor
Mapwanya on 4 over par but Mapwanya
opted out of a play off after suffering a
nasty injury, ceding the title to his rival.
POS Name Country Status
Round
1
Round
2
Round
3
Total
Gross
Par
Tracker
1 SAUROMBE Robson ZIM PRO 66 78 70 214 -2
2 MANDHU Mohammad ZIM PRO 72 71 71 214 -2
3 MASUNGA Nickson ZIM PRO 71 72 72 215 -1
T4 BELE John RSA PRO 71 72 73 216 PAR
T4 MAVUDLA Thanda RSA PRO 71 74 71 216 PAR
T6 LANG Ryan ZIM PRO 71 74 72 217 1
T6 MUYAMBO Nyahsa ZIM PRO 75 70 72 217 1
8 MKETEKETE Ignatius ZIM PRO 71 72 75 218 2
T9 BUJELA Sipho RSA PRO 72 70 77 219 3
T9 FERREIRA Steven ZIM PRO 71 72 76 219 3
T9 HOWIE Dale ZIM PRO 72 74 73 219 3
T9 NGURU Clive ZIM PRO 74 72 73 219 3
T9 TSHUMA Phillip ZIM PRO 73 74 72 219 3
T14 MAPAWANYA Visitor ZIM AM 74 73 73 220 4
T14 MUTENDA Perkins ZIM AM 74 74 72 220 4
T16 CHARAMBA Tongo ZIM PRO 72 77 72 221 5
T16 KAMALIZENI Julius ZIM PRO 73 73 75 221 5
T16 MAILE Mike RSA PRO 72 72 77 221 5
T16 MASUNGA Tonserai ZIM AM 75 76 70 221 5
T20 AKOPE Deo UG PRO 75 74 73 222 6
T20 BANDA Peter ZIM PRO 73 71 78 222 6
T20 DA COSTA Roy ZIM PRO 76 72 74 222 6
T23 CAIRNS Ryan ZIM PRO 79 74 70 223 7
T23 CHITENGWA Farayi ZIM PRO 73 76 74 223 7
T23 KATEMBENUKA Miros ZIM PRO 74 72 77 223 7
T23 MPHAGA Godfrey RSA PRO 75 75 73 223 7
T27 GONDO Brian ZIM PRO 73 68 83 224 8
T27 MANDHU Kayyam ZIM PRO 79 69 76 224 8
T27 MANNING Chris ZIM Am 77 73 74 224 8
30 KATEMBENUKA Anyway ZIM PRO 72 74 79 225 9
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Score board
Round 1 Singles
MATCH Player COUNTRY Vs Player COUNTRY
1 Simwa N KENYA A/S Vs Sendaula P UGANDA A/S
2 Muhumza A 2UP UGANDA Vs Adam A TANZANIA
EAST
AFRICA
GOLF
CHALLENGE
TROPHY
2014
3 Julius F TANZANIA Vs Habineza 1UP RWANDA
4 Habimana RWANDA Vs Tilaye G 2/1 ETHIOPIA
5 Mediratta K 2UP KENYA Vs Juma BURUNDI
6 Owiti R KENYA Vs Mollel N 3/2 TANZANIA
7 Otile R 5/4 UGANDA Vs Dusabe J RWANDA
8 Gomes R 5/4 TANZANIA Vs Natanium F ETHIOPIA
9 Nyirikwaya A 3/1 RWANDA Vs Karim BURUNDI
10 Omuli T 7/5 KENYA Vs Aberon B ETHIOPIA
11 Bukenya R 2UP UGANDA Vs Toyi BURUNDI
12 Agil S Hag 3/2 KENYA Vs Nkurunziza RWANDA
13 Beniam G ETHIOPIA Vs Kasozi P 5/4 UGANDA
14 Bizimana A 4/2 BURUNDI Vs Sembi G TANZANIA
15 Ephraim G ETHIOPIA Vs Simba 2/1 BURUNDI
16 Karichu J 1UP KENYA Vs Oluba R UGANDA
17 Rugumayo R UGANDA Vs Joseph V 2/1 TANZANIA
18 Hagos M ETHIOPIA Vs Rutayisire 2/1 RWANDA
19 Aklilu H 2/1 ETHIOPIA Vs Koudra BURUNDI
20 Wahome M 5/3 KENYA Vs Said J TANZANIA
21 Yitbarek C ETHIOPIA Vs Happy R 1UP UGANDA
22 Tahir M 6/5 KENYA Vs Barame J RWANDA
23 Leonce J 4/2 TANZANIA Vs Kherry BURUNDI
24 Nsabimana 4/3 RWANDA Vs Hassan BURUNDI
Round 2 Foursomes
FIRST TEE
MATCH Player COUNTRY Vs Player
COUN-
TRY
1 Omuli T/Karichu J a/s KENYA Vs Rugumayo R/Otile R A/s UGANDA
2 Lujja Henry/ Muhumuza A 7/8 UGANDA Vs Karim G/ Nshirimana H BURUNDI
3 Ndereka H/ Minani Juma BURUNDI Vs Habineza R/ Rutayisire 2up RWANDA
4 Nsabibana A/ Afrodis N 2/1 RWANDA Vs Yetbarak G/ Hagos Mulu ETHIOPIA
5 Akillu H/ Ephraim G 2/1 ETHIOPIA Vs Gomez R/Sembi G TANZANIA
6 Adam A/Mollel N 6/4 TANZANIA Vs Wahome M/ Tahir M KENYA
TENTH TEE
7 Simwa N/ Nandwa A 4/3 KENYA Vs Simba Goye J/Saidi Toyi BURUNDI
8 Kasozi P/Oluba R 6/5 UGANDA Vs Nkurnziza L/Barame Joseph RWANDA
9 Nahiman Koudra/Bizimana A BURUNDI Vs Tilake G/ Binyam G 1up ETHIOPIA
10 Dusabe J / Francios H 4/2 RWANDA Vs Julios F/Said J TANZANIA
11 Aberon M/ Natanim F ETHIOPIA Vs Owiti R/ Agil Is H 5/4 KENYA
12 Joseph V/Leonce J TANZANIA Vs Happy Robert/Sedaula P 4/3 UGANDA
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Round 3 Four Ball Better Ball
FIRST TEE
MATCH Player COUNTRY Vs Player COUNTRY
1 Omuli T/ Karichu 2/1 KENYA Vs Oluba R/ Kasozi P UGANDA
2 Bukenya R/ Muhumuza A 5/4 UGANDA Vs Ephrem / Bunyam ETHIOPIA
3 Juma/ Kherry BURUNDI Vs Seleshy/ Rutayishire E 4/3 RWANDA
4 Nsasimana A/ Afrodis N 5/4 RWANDA Vs Hagos/ Akkilu ETHIOPIA
5 Aberon/ Natanim 4/3 ETHIOPIA Vs Leonce J/ Gomes R TANZANIA
6 Mollel N/ Francis 3/1 TANZANIA Vs Simwa N/ Owiti R KENYA
TENTH TEE
7 Kush M/ Tahir M 7/5 KENYA Vs Karim/ Abdoul BURUNDI
8 Otile R/ Kagumayo R 5/4 UGANDA Vs Bareme J/ James N RWANDA
9 Simba/ Koudra 2up BURUNDI Vs Tilaye/ Yitbarek ETHIOPIA
10 Didif/ Toyi BURUNDI Vs Joseph V/ Sembi G 5/3 TANZANIA
11 Dusabe J/ Habimana F RWANDA Vs Wahome M/ Nandwa A 2/1 KENYA
12 Adam A/ Said J TANZANIA Vs Happy R/ Sendaula P 5/4 UGANDA
FINAL DAY’S SCOREBOARD
Round 4 Singles
MATCH Player COUNTRY Vs Player COUNTRY
1 Karichu J KENYA Vs Muhumuza A UGANDA 2up
2 Otile R UGANDA A/S Vs Joseph V TANZANIA A/S
3 Leonce J TANZANIA 3/2 Vs Dusabe J RWANDA
4 Nsabimana A RWANDA 4/3 Vs Biniam ETHIOPIA
5 Agil Is Hag KENYA 6/5 Vs Karim BURUNDI
6 Omuli T KENYA 5/3 Vs Gomez R TANZANIA
7 Bukenya R UGANDA 7/6 Vs Ndikumana J RWANDA
8 Akillu ETHIOPIA 2UP Vs Sembi J TANZANIA
9 Habineza C RWANDA 4/3 Vs Kherry BURUNDI
10 Mediratta K KENYA A/S Vs Yitbarek ETHIOPIA A/S
11 Lujja H UGANDA 8/7 Vs Hassan BURUNDI
12 Nandwa A KENYA 5/4 Vs Nkurunziza L RWANDA
13 Hagos ETHIOPIA Vs Kasozi P 2up UGANDA
14 Toyi BURUNDI Vs Said J 9 TANZANIA 9/8
15 Tilayi ETHIOPIA Vs Kouora 3/2 BURUNDI 3/2
16 Simwa N KENYA 3/2 Vs Sendaula P UGANDA
17 Oluba R UGANDA 3/2 Vs Mollel N TANZANIA
18 Ephraim ETHIOPIA A/S Vs Rutayasire A/S RWANDA A/S
19 Nitanim ETHIOPIA Vs Simba BURUNDI 3/2
20 Owiti R KENYA 3/2 Vs Adam A TANZANIA
21 Aberon ETHIOPIA Vs Happy R UGANDA 6/5
22 Tahir M KENYA Vs Habimana F RWANDA 2 UP
23 Julius F TANZANIA 3/2 Vs Juma D BURUNDI
24 Nyirikwaya A RWANDA 4/3 Vs Bizimana A BURUNDI
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Horschel’s
Dream
Becomes
Reality;
He Beats
McIlroy
and Furyk
for FedEx
Cup
Billy Horschel stared down the No. 1
player in the world, holed a clutch par
putt on 16 and walked away with the
biggest prize in golf Sunday at the Tour
Championship.
Billy Horschel has “want to,” that intangible quality
that is hard if not impossible to teach. This week, this
month, he had more of it than the other 125 players
who suited up for the FedEx playoffs. He won the last
two events and has just captured the season-long $10
million FedEx Cup.
“I’m on cloud nine. It’s unbelievable,” he said. “The year I had, I
wasn’t sure this was going to happen, but I believed. Everyone on
my team believed in me.”
Horschel’s caddie, Micah Fugitt, was overcome and broke down in
tears trying to talk to reporters after the round. One reason was
because Horschel told Fugitt about a dream he had last December,
where he woke up having seen himself win the FedEx Cup.
“There’s certain things throughout my life that have come true, and
I’ve sort of seen it beforehand in my—when I sleep at night,” he
explained. “I just sort of have a premonition or whatever you call it.”
Sometimes it’s good and sometimes, like when he was hit in the
eye with a baseball bat, it’s not. He had a dream that would happen
also.
What started as one man’s dream became his biggest victory when
Horschel was able to hold off Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy, who were
his strongest competitors on Sunday.
The 15th and 16th holes were critical to his victory.
At the 15th, he made birdie on the par five, which was expected,
except that his second shot landed in a greenside bunker making
it a bit harder. His closest competitor, Jim Furyk, had just birdied it,
also, but when Horschel followed with his own birdie, it gave him a
one-shot advantage.
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The next critical shot was a 30-foot putt for
par at the 16th. He had to have it to stay in
the lead.
“It was unfortunate I hit a bad drive,” he
said. He was forced to chip out to the
fairway, and his third shot landed where his
second shot might have on an ordinary day.
“I see the line perfectly, and I’m thinking to
myself, if I can just put the best stroke I can
possibly make on it, I think this ball is going
to go in the hole.” He was the only one who
thought that until the ball dropped.
However, the miraculous, par-saving putt
put him in the driver’s seat and he knew it.
Quick CV
Surname: Horschel
First name: Billy
Height: 6’0” (1.83 m)
Date of birth: December 7, 1986 (age 27),
Grant-Valkaria, Florida.
Nationality: American
Education: University of Florida
Jim Furyk, who was one behind Horschel,
was standing in the 17th fairway when the
cheer for the long putt erupted. He did not
think it was for birdie, even though it had
that much volume.
“I heard a roar and I heard someone say
ice water, so I kind of assumed that Billy
knocked in a par putt,” said. ‘”We knew what
was going on, to be honest with you, that I
was one back. Fluff told me he (Horschel)
had birdied 15, and we were one down
when we were walking up 17.”
“I knew where Jim stood,” Horschel said.
“I knew where everyone else stood, and
I didn’t want to give a shot back coming
in. It (the putt) was obviously the key to
winning the FedEx Cup Trophy and Tour
Championship.”
As he left the 18th green, Horschel needled
the local fans by making the Florida Gator
chomp sign. They reacted with boos
because Georgia and Florida are huge rivals.
“I love interacting with fans,” he said with a
smile. “I love having a little fun, a little backand-forth.”
He added that he was proud of
being a Florida Gator.
Horschel is also proud of his blue-collar
upbringing and believes he had a great
family life as a child.
“Neither of my parents have a college
degree,” he said. “My mom has been going
to college the last five or six years to get a
degree, and she graduates in December.”
He said she has been working full-time and
going to school and called her effort “pretty
amazing.”
“For them to be here for this great victory
that I have and with everything that comes
with it, you know, my parents are—well I’m
going to take care of them very well.”
And who will Horschel vote for as PGA Tour
Player of the Year? Rory McIlroy.
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PGA Tour Needs to
Re-Examine Slow-Play
Kevin Na lining up his put with the help of his caddie.
If there was ever a question as to why golf has had a tough
time growing its fan base, one needs to look no further
than the pace of play on the PGA Tour.
Kevin Na’s glacial pace of play is nothing short of painful to watch.
The fidgeting, the stepping off of the ball numerous times, the 10
waggles and five practice swings before every shot, the checking
and re-checking of his yardage book, the three-minute conversations
with his caddie before even selecting a club, etc. had many
golf fans diving for their remote controls just to escape a sporting
event that Na had transformed into something akin to watching a
coat of paint dry.
The only intriguing aspect of the coverage of the Valspar Championship
was waiting to see how long it would take Na’s playing partner
and tournament leader Robert Garrigus to blow a gasket and go all
Happy Gilmore on Na.
The PGA Tour’s rules with regards to slow play are quite simple.
If a group falls out of position, as Na and Garrigus clearly had on
Saturday afternoon when they fell a hole-and-a-half behind the group
in front of them, a rules official will notify the players that they have
been “put on the clock.”
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“They give me a bad time because I walked up to the green, walked
back, got my yardage, figured out my lie and by that time he said it
was bad time,” Garrigus said after the third round. “That’s the first
time in nine years -- actually the first time in 17 years as a professional
I’ve ever got a bad time on the golf course.”
Meanwhile, Na, who, needless to say, is used to playing at a very slow
pace and having to deal with being put on the clock, played the last 11
holes in two under par and finished the third round just one stroke off
of Garrigus’ lead.
Garrigus did tell the media that Na’s pace of play has improved in
recent years.
“Kevin has gotten a lot faster,” Garrigus said “Couple holes where he
flinched over and swung over the ball, whatever. That’s his deal. He’s
gotten a lot better.”
But Garrigus also admitted that being put on the clock had caused him
to fall out of his rhythm.
“Maybe a little bit,” Garrigus said when asked if being put on the clock
had impacted his rhythm at all. “When the guy is timing you and you
know you got a difficult shot and you have to take a lot of time, I think
that’s a little unfair, obviously, but it’s not that big a deal.”
This essentially means that each player has 40 seconds to hit their
shot once it is their turn to play, except in the following cases where a
player is given 60 seconds to hit a shot:
• He is the first of his group to play from the teeing ground of a
par-3 hole;
• He is the first to play a second shot on a par-4 or par-5;
• He is the first to play a third shot on a par-5;
• He is the first player to play around the putting green;
• He is the first to play on the putting green
Once a group is put on the clock, it makes no difference which member
of the group was responsible for their slow play; all members of
the group are timed by PGA Tour officials until they are deemed to
have moved back into their proper position.
If a player receives a bad time while on the clock, they are given a
warning by officials.
A second bad time results in a one-stroke penalty and a $5,000 fine.
A third bad time results in a two-stroke penalty, and a player is automatically
disqualified from the event if he is given a fourth bad time
during a single round.
On Saturday afternoon it was beyond obvious which member of the
Garrigus/Na pairing had caused the group to fall out of position.
Na’s slow pace of play is legendary on the PGA Tour, and his fidgeting
and inability to pull the trigger were out in full force on Saturday
afternoon.
Yet Garrigus, who is known as one of the quicker players on tour, was
also put on the clock and made to fall out of his rhythm due to Na’s
slow pace of play.
“It isn’t fair playing with Kevin Na,” Garrigus’ caddie Brent Henley said
after the third round of the Valspar Championship. “It isn’t fair. We felt
like we were running,”
Garrigus had just birdied three of his last five holes and had a fourshot
lead on Saturday when the pairing was officially put on the clock
on the seventh hole. Garrigus then proceeded to play the last 11 holes
in two over par and received his first-ever bad time as a professional
on the 14th hole.
While Garrigus may have taken the high road by refusing to go to
town on Na’s slow pace of play, the numbers don’t lie. Garrigus’
quality of play clearly went downhill from the moment he was put
on the clock during the third round, and he never seemed to recover
throughout the rest of the tournament.
This is one aspect of the PGA Tour’s slow-play rule that needs to be
re-examined.
There are PGA Tour officials all over the course. It would be very easy
for an official to monitor a slow group for a few holes, identify the
player that has caused the group to fall out of position and then put
that single player on the clock while not penalizing the rest of the
group.
Why should a player, such as Garrigus, who happens to be paired with
an extremely slow player, such as Na, be penalized when Na causes
the group to fall out of position?
Why should Garrigus, who walks briskly and hits most of his shots
within a relatively short amount of time, be forced to hit some of the
more difficult shots within 40 seconds where he may need to take a
second look at his yardage book or walk up and view the contours of
the green before hitting his approach shot just because Na’s glacial
pace of play has caused the group to be put on the clock?
A quick player is already at somewhat of a disadvantage when playing
alongside of a very slow player. So why increase that disadvantage
even further during competition by forcing that player to hit his shots
within 40 seconds when he had absolutely nothing to do with the
group falling out of position in the first place?
The rules of the game are meant to create a level playing field for all
tournament participants.
Right now, however, it is clear that the PGA Tour’s slow-play policy
indiscriminately penalizes the innocent while attempting to target the
true slow-play culprits.
And as Henley so eloquently stated after the third round of the Valspar
Championship, that simply “isn’t fair.”
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U.S. team faces more questions
after latest defeat
Jamie Donaldson, right, scored the clinching
point for Captain Paul McGinley at Gleneagles
The Europeans have their template
and it obviously works. The
Americans had their formula in 2008
and it worked a system of pods that
created closer bonds among players and
a detailed game plan that addressed all
scenarios. Paul Azinger even wrote a book
about it, “Cracking the Code.”
The formula, however, has been different
in the last three Ryder Cups -- and it hasn’t
worked. After the latest defeat -- Sunday’s
5-point loss at Gleneagles -- Phil Mickelson
wondered just why the U.S. didn’t stick to
Azinger’s winning formula from six years
ago.
“We all do the best that we can and we’re
all trying our hardest,” said Mickelson, fresh
off his 10th Ryder Cup appearance, “and I’m
just looking back at what gave us the most
success, because we use that same process
in The Presidents Cup and we do really well.
“Unfortunately, we have strayed from a
winning formula in 2008 for the last three
Ryder Cups, and we need to consider maybe
getting back to that formula that helped us
play our best.”
Mickelson said he was not being critical of
current captain Tom Watson -- whom, like
Davis Love two years ago and Corey Pavin
“I have no answer
to why we lost
7-1,” Jim Furyk
said about the
Foursomes
results. “That
ultimately was the
difference, and it
was too much for
us to overcome.”
in 2010, was unable to stop the European
winning streak.
“I’m just talking about what Paul Azinger did
to help us play our best,” Mickelson said. “...
You asked me what I thought we should do
going forward to bring our best golf out and I
go back to when we played our best golf and
try to replicate that formula.”
Six seats away from Mickelson sat Watson,
the eight-time major winner. Watson was
asked why he didn’t consider Azinger’s
formula.
“I had a different philosophy as far as being
a captain of this team,” Watson said. “You
know, it takes 12 players to win. It’s not
pods. It’s 12 players.”
Watson, in fact, was even asked if he had
read Azinger’s book or had considered his
formula.
“I didn’t discount it,” Watson replied. “I just
had a different philosophy right off the bat. I
felt that the assessment of the players was
paramount from the standpoint of my vice
captains and me and see who is going to
play with whom. My two jobs are to make
the captain’s picks and then put the team
together. Those are my two most important
jobs.”
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It was an uncomfortable environment, as most
of these press conferences are for the losing
team. Unfortunately for the Americans, it has
become an all too familiar scene. They’ve lost
eight of the last 10 Ryder Cups, and they will go
back home wondering what needs to be done
to crack the code again.
Is it a return to Azinger’s formula, as Mickelson
suggested? Or is it just about playing better,
particularly in Foursomes, which is where the
U.S. lost this Ryder Cup?
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The Americans were one-point better than
Europe in combined Four-balls and Singles
matches but a gloomy six points worse in the
two Foursomes sessions. The U.S. did not win a
single match of the eight played in Foursomes,
and thus entered Sunday down 10-6.
“I have no answer to why we lost 7-1,” Jim
Furyk said about the Foursomes results. “That
ultimately was the difference, and it was too
much for us to overcome.”
Indeed, only the kind of record-tying miracle
that Europe produced two years ago at Medinah
could save the U.S, but it was not forthcoming,
not against an European team with four of the
top six players in the world.
There was a bit of hope a few hours into the
session, with lots of American red on the
scoreboard. But U.S. Ryder Cup rookie Jordan
Spieth couldn’t hold the lead against Graeme
McDowell and lost the opening match. Hunter
Mahan couldn’t hold the lead against Justin

Rose and was halved. With Europeans Rory
McIlroy and Martin Kaymer winning handily, the
Americans couldn’t afford any slip-ups in the
other matches.
“Listen, the Europeans kicked our butt,” Watson
said. “The bottom line is they kicked our butts.
They were better players this week. I mean,
we had a chance today. We started off, got
everything in the red, almost everything in the
red. Then they turned it on us, and that’s what
champions are made of. They get down and
come back and win. They kicked our butts, and
that’s the bottom line.”
The Americans now have two years to figure
out the next step before facing the Europeans
at Hazeltine. Whichever direction they go, it
won’t be easy to derail the juggernaut that
European has become. McIlroy, their best
player -- the world’s best player -- is just 25.
Kaymer is just 29. Frenchman Victor Dubuisson,
2-0 with Graeme McDowell in the decisive
Foursomes, is 24.
Of course, the Americans have their own youth
brigade, with Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed a
successful and exciting team. It should be fun
to watch all those youngsters go at it in years
to come.
But it won’t be fun for the Americans if they
can’t find a way to beat the Europeans.
Mickelson thinks the process is already there.
We’ll see if it’s in place in two years.
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Why are Golf Courses 18 Holes in Length?
The par three 17 th at TPC Saw grass has little room for error
Games similar to golf have been around since Roman times, and golf
was being played at Scotland’s famed Old Course at St. Andrews, the
oldest extant golf course in the world, at least as far back at 1552. (Early
Scottish versions of the game were called “golf” even though the game
itself was not at that time all it would finally become.) However, golf
wasn’t always as regulated as it is now: Prior to standardization, early
courses typically had any number of holes from five to twenty-four, and
only over a long period of time did the game evolve to the point that eighteen
became the standard number of holes for courses all over the world.
Like many developments throughout golf history, the standardization
of 18 holes as the length of a “regulation” golf course did not happen as
the result of a momentous decision agreed upon by many.
And again, like many developments in golf, the standardization of 18
holes can be credited to St. Andrews.
Prior to the mid-1760s - and right up until the early 1900s - it was
common to find golf courses that were comprised of 12 holes, or 19, or
23, or 15, or any other number.
But couldn’t that number still be tied to a hip flask, you say? Not unless
the bottle shrank. Originally, the Old Course at St. Andrews had only
12 holes, 10 of which were played over the same set of fairways both
out and back, for a grand total of 22 holes per round. (That is, two of
the holes were played once per round, while the other ten holes were
each played twice per round, for a total of 22 holes per round.) In 1764,
the Old Course’s first four holes were combined into two holes, and
from then on a round of golf at St. Andrews consisted of playing the
now-standard total of 18 holes.
The reason? Well, everyone knows 18 holes are easier to take care of
than 22!
However, the eighteen holes did not become the standard until the early
1900s, but from 1764 onward, more courses copied the St. Andrews
model. Then, in 1858, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews issued
new rules.
“In 1858, the R&A issued new rules for its members;
Rule 1 stated ‘one round of the Links or 18 holes is reckoned a match
unless otherwise stipulated’. We can only presume that, as many clubs
looked to the R&A for advice, this was slowly adopted throughout Britain.
By the 1870s, therefore, more courses had 18 holes and a round of
golf was being accepted as consisting of 18 holes.”
Although this bit of lore about soused Scots limiting themselves to one
slurp at the flask per hole has its charm, it does not have history on its
side. The number of holes comprising a standard golf course was not
determined by the amount of Scotch in a bottle.
So there you have it — no drunken Scots at all.
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DARIUS MUGISHA
Merrymaking as
Shou – ta Huang
takes the day
Golfers always love to forget their good or bad rounds
of golf at the highly animated 19 th hole; and that in
itself is what happened at the 17 th edition of the JBG
Golf tournament that was held at Entebbe Club last month.
The 19 th hole is where the real action begins after a round of
18 holes at the unpredictable par 71 Entebbe golf course.
With assortments of entertainment, food and the bitter that
flows endlessly like the gashing rapids at Bujagali falls, the
players and golfers at large, unwind like their swinging clubs.
This year’s edition saw Chinese businessman, Shou_ ta
Huang win the tournament that had professionals once again
battling for Shs 10 million.
at the JBG
golf tourney
“For the 113 years
of golf in Uganda,
we are grateful JBG
has proudly sponsored
17 of these”
Innocent Kihika,
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Launching the newly renamed hole number one by Hans-Werner Hill
Lady Winner, Namutebi Agnes recieving her Trophy
Huang was good for 40 stable ford points in
an annual event that has a record turn-up in
one of the major golfing tournaments on the
Entebbe Club calendar.
Jinja based Pro Golfer Saidi Mawa Shaban
scored a one over par score of 72 on the
second day of action for a total of 147 gross
to claim the bigger share in the professional’s
category.
Speaking on behalf of the sponsors, The
JBG Country representative in Uganda Mr
Emmanuel Mugamba, also a long serving
member of Entebbe Club, expressed gratitude
to the Club management for partnering with
JBG to on yet another edition of the JBG Open.
Mr Mugamba on behalf of JBG pledged
continued support as a way of growing the
game of golf amongst the young generation
who in turn will take the game of golf miles in
this Country.
Among other events in the day, state minister
for works, Hon. John Byabagambi and Mr
Hans-Werner Hill officially launched hole
one that was named after Hans Gauff in
recognition to the promotion of the game of
golf in Uganda.
The famous Entebbe choir (a group of Entebbe
Club members that always sing their hearts
out at the 19 th hole with the invited band /
entertainer), were at hand to do what they do
best and this time around were led by their
choir master, Hanninton Mpiima.
The Entebbe choir set the merry making at the
19 th hole in high gear; the crowd went into a
frenzy of laughter and jokes. The golfers that
had their dancing shoes on, engaged in some
vigorous dancing strokes.
Earlier in the day, Haung had dethroned UPDF
Private Timothy Okwi, last year’s eventual
winner, who this time round only managed to
walk home with the second runners up prize in
the modified group B category.
“For the 113 years of golf in Uganda, we are
grateful JBG has proudly sponsored 17 of
these” Innocent Kihika, Entebbe Club chairman
remarked as he applauded JBG’s commitment
of sponsoring this annual golf tourney since
1997.
JBG winners.
Name H/C Results
Overall winner Shou-Ta- Huang 24 40 points
Ladies overall winner Mamutebi Agnes 36 42 points
Winner Gross Ainamani Abraham 03 152 gross
Runner-up Gross Mutebi Deco Herman 04 153 gross
Winner Group A Fadiga Peter 12 38 points
Runner-up Group A Okwi Timothy 09 37 points
Winner Group B Walera Phillip 14 35 points
Runner-up Group B Fiacco Mike 14 35 points on count back
Winner Group C Kalungi Daniel 28 36 points on count back
Runner-up Group C Kabuchu Alfred 24 36points on count back
Winner Seniors Magombe George 11 35 points
Winner Group A Ladies Mbaguta Gloria 11 39 points
Runner-up Group A Kyomugisha Melon 06 36 points
Winner Group B Ladies Nabukenya Diana 33 39 points
Runner-up Group B Byenkya Maxi 18 38 points
Longest Drive Men
Ntegyerize Yona
Longest Drive Ladies
Namukula Flavia
Nearest to the pin Men Golooba Edward
Nearest to the pin Ladies Namakula Flavia
Pigamingi Mutenyo Francis 28 04 points
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Equipement REVIEW
What a grind
UNIQUE WEDGE DESIGNS GROW IN POPULARITY
Wedges do the dirty work that keeps a scorecard clean. They
provide escapes from thick rough and splash balls out of
sand. Because they have to be versatile, the soles of sand wedges
and lob wedges are designed differently from those of irons. More
and more players on various tours are opting for exotic, uniquely
soled wedges to help save shots. Amateurs could benefit from the
pros’ experimentations with sole grinds.
Bob Vockey, Titleist‘s master craftsman and wedge designer, said
he noticed the grinding trend starting in the late 1990s and has
watched it grow. “The average, weekend golfer is probably never
going to hit a 300 yard drive” Vockey said. “But he is capable of hitting
any shot inside 100 yards that a tour pro can, because it’s not
about strength. It’s finesse. Now it’s a matter of looking at course
conditions, swing types and fitting them into all these grinds that
we’ve had out here on tour”
Grind refers to the shape of the sole. Irons typically have a sole
that maintains the same width across much of the blade length,
but wedges often have curves and areas where material is tapered
or removed. To knock the metal off, fitters press the sole of a club
against a fast spinning belt sander. Sparks fly as the steel is ground
into shape.
“The geometry really changes when you get into lob wedges and
ask those clubs to hit shorter shots” said Roger Cleveland, the chief
club designer at Callaway Golf. He said he has grinded material off
the heel area of high lofted wedges for years, allowing players to
open a 60 degree wedge to about 75 degrees without raising the
leading edge.
Clay Long, a master club designer for Taylor made, said “In highly
lofted wedges, the game’s best players look for a club that, when
they lay it open, has a leading edge that is not too high off the
ground,” Long added that many players also want wedges with
material removed from the toe, because when a wedge’s face is
opened, the toe can contact the ground too early.
Generations of tour players have had their wedges ground to individual
specifications. Many grinds become popular on tour which
leads to stock offerings to the public.
While having the right tool for the job can make things easier, Cleveland
maintains that using the club properly and employing the right
technique is just as critical. “The average amateur player thinks that
he needs to have his hands really far forward,” he said, “but that delofts
everything and de-bounces. You have to use the sole.”
Long agrees. “There are no short cuts,” Long said. “There is no wedge
design that is going to get every player out of the bunker every time.
If you make the sole too wide to make it work great in the sand, it
makes it hard to chip with. You’ve got to practice.” If you’re ready to
get down and dirty with your short game, the uniquely soled wedges
shown here are worth trying..
Wedges do the dirty work that keeps a scorecard clean.
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Class of 2015 Hall of Famers receive surprise calls
Driving in a heavy rainstorm to the
Galleria in Houston on Monday to pick
up something for his wife, Mark O’Meara’s
cellphone started buzzing. The caller ID said it
was PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem.
O’Meara almost let it go through to voicemail.
“It’s not like the commissioner calls me very
often,” he said.
But O’Meara decided to take the call, one the
57-year-old has been waiting to receive for
several years. Finchem delivered the good
news: O’Meara had just been voted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame.
O’Meara pulled over to the side of the road.
He needed a few minutes to collect himself.
Then he called Meredith and told her he
would be home in 15 minutes and they would
have something to celebrate.
“She was over the top, jumping up and down
like a kid in a candy store,” said O’Meara,
whose final two wins of his 16-win TOUR
career came in 1998 at the Masters and the
Open Championship.
The commissioner also made another call
Monday, this one to another two-time major
winner, David Graham. Finchem said that
USGA executive director Mike Davis had
presented his name to the Hall of Fame
committee and that Graham had been voted
in.
After the commissioner hung up, Graham
received a second call from Davis, then a third
from Hall of Fame chief operating officer Jack
P e t e r .
“It’s been a long time,” said the 68-year-old
Aussie, “but like they say, good things are
worth waiting for.”
Laura Davies was back home in Sussex,
England, preparing for Tuesday’s ceremony
at Buckingham Palace in which she would
become a Dame Commander of the Order of
the British Empire, receiving the medal from
Princess Anne. That’s when she saw that
LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan was trying
to contact her.
She figured she better call him back.
“I went from thinking I was in trouble and a
little bit of panic to probably the best news
ever,” she said.
The trio of O’Meara, Graham and Davies,
along with the late golf course architect
A.W. Tillinghast, will be inducted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame as the Class of
2015. For many years, the ceremony has
been held at the Hall of Fame’s home in St.
Augustine, Florida, but next year’s ceremony
will be at the University of St. Andrews in
Scotland on July 13, the Monday of The Open
Championship at the Old Course.
It’s the start of a rotation for the induction
ceremony, which will be held in 2017 back
at St. Augustine, then 2019 at Pebble Beach,
as the Hall of Fame announces its newest
inductees every two years.
“We have to remember it is the World Golf
Hall of Fame,” said Graham, a two-time major
winner. “Taking it and doing it in different
places, I think, is a wonderful idea.”
Being part of the first class to be inducted
at St. Andrews will make an already special
occasion even more so for the three living
inductees. Each one has played competitively
at St. Andrews.
“Anybody’s who has played for a living,
whether you’re an American, Australian,
English -- it doesn’t matter what country
you’re from -- but if you love the game of
golf, you know deep down inside that St.
Andrews is where it all started,” O’Meara
said. “It’s the home of golf.”
Davies has played the women’s British Open
at St. Andrews twice. The Old Course has not
treated her well.
“I’ve missed the cut both times,” she said,
“but it’s still my favorite golf course.”
It was just a few weeks ago during Ryder Cup
week that the Hall of Fame announced its
decision to hold next year’s ceremony at St.
Andrews. Jack Peter said the move has been
well-received.
“Makes me wonder why we didn’t do that
years ago,” he said..
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Hole-in-one
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what if...
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American Bubba Watson produced a magical finish to win
the WGC-HSBC Champions, stealing the crown from under
the noses of European Tour stars Martin Kaymer and Graeme
McDowell.
Watson looked out of contention after he double bogeyed the
par three 17th, but he holed a bunker shot for eagle on the last
to sign for a two under par 70 and an 11 under total. South African
Tim Clark matched that with a birdie at the 18th, but on the
first hole of a play-off the two-time Masters Champion holed a
birdie putt from 20 feet to win his first WGC title.
McDowell led after each of the first three rounds at Sheshan
International in Shanghai, but he endured a difficult day, and
his one over par 73 left him one shy of the play-off in a share of
third place, alongside American Rickie Fowler (70) and Japan’s
Hiroshi Iwata (72).
The Northern Irishman had a chance to birdie the last, but his
putt from 18 feet narrowly missed. Kaymer, the 2011 champion
here, also needed to pick up a shot on the par five 18th, but
from the middle of the fairway he hit his approach into the water
beyond the green, and a double bogey seven dropped him
down to joint sixth, along with Thobjørn Olesen and Ian Poulter,
who both shot 71.
Bubba Watson
“It’s always been one of my goals to win outside the US, so this
means a lot. I messed up on 17 with the bunker shot and then
hit a perfect bunker shot on 18 - it’s weird. Clark was in there
tight and had a chance to win, but I holed it before he putted.
The Chinese know how to run a golf tournament. This is a
special place. HSBC, they put their stamp on it, they have run a
great golf tournament and are a great sponsor for golf.”
Graeme McDowell
Bubba Watson
surges to take
WGC-HSBC
Champions title on
final day
“To be brutally honest, I didn’t have my A-game all week. And
to be in the situation I was in, leading all week, going into the
last day, the golf course just got so difficult this weekend. The
pins were evil at times and you really had to be on your iron play
to have a chance to access them, and I didn’t play well enough.
The putter that was so hot early in the week kind of cooled
off this weekend. But to finish tied third in this type of field,
not playing my best, I have to count myself fairly fortunate. Of
course I’d love to have made the play-off. I had a decent putt at
the last but overread it a bit. I’m disappointed but I’ll look back
on it as a solid week.”
Martin Kaymer
“The third shot came off very, very hot and flew the green,
which is surprising for me. After nine holes I thought the winning
score might be 14 under par. I missed chances on the front
nine, but it was all about the last two holes and I didn’t play
them well enough. But I can take a lot of positives out of the
week. I played really well and I have another two or three big
tournaments to go this year.”
Tim Clark
“I never expected to be in that position at the start of the week.
I fought hard and I knew I needed to birdie that play-off hole,
especially with him being able to reach in two. I’m pleased overall
but I’m obviously disappointed to be that close. You probably
play better when you’re not expecting a whole lot. I just tried
to play this course smart and in the end it was enough to give
me a shout.”.
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Final Results
*B Watson (USA) 71 67 69 70 277
T Clark (RSA) 69 70 69 69 277
R Fowler (USA) 69 70 69 70 278
G McDowell (Nir) 67 67 71 73 278
H Iwata (Jpn) 73 65 68 72 278
T Olesen (Den) 72 68 69 71 280
I Poulter (Eng) 70 67 72 71 280
M Kaymer (Ger) 69 72 66 73 280
M Leishman (Aus) 72 71 69 69 281
J Dufner (USA) 72 70 72 68 282
B Snedeker (USA) 69 74 69 70 282
* Wins on the first play off hole-18
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Stenson Stunned in Match Play Final
The 2014 Volvo World Match play Championship kicked off
Wednesday at the London Golf Club in Ash, England, as 16 of the
finest players on the European Tour did battle over the course of
three days to snatch a ticket to the knockout stages during the weekend.
Thomas Bjorn had to turn down his invitation
due to an injury, but otherwise, the field was
stacked with Ryder Cup talent and some of
the top performers of the past year, including
world No. 5 Henrik Stenson.
Day 5 Recap
Finland’s Mikko Ilonen hit five birdies on the final day of the World
Match play Championship to seal a 3 and 1 victory over Henrik Stenson.
After a steady start from both golfers, Stenson took an early lead with
a birdie on the fourth hole before Ilonen’s consistent scoring wore the
Dane down.
Ilonen took four of the next eight holes to open up a lead over his rival
and, with the Finn not playing a single hole over par all day; it was too
big a task for the favorite to claw him back after the turn.
While the World No. 5 gave himself a chance of getting back into the tie
with two brilliant shots to reach the green on the par-five 15th to reduce
the lead to two, he could not overhaul his rival, who sealed success
when the Dane missed from 20 feet on the 17th.
The win represents the fifth European Tour success of Ilonen’s career
thus far and his second of what has been a strong 2014 season for the
34-year-old following his Irish Open success in June.
Stenson, on the other hand, has failed to earn a tournament success
since he completed a remarkable 2013 with victory in the DP World
Tour Championship last November.
Elsewhere in the third- and fourth-place playoff, Joost Luiten needed
19 holes to fend off competition from South Africa’s George Coetzee in
what was a thrilling match play encounter.
Three times the Dutchman opened up a two-shot advantage over his
rival during the regulation 18 holes before being pegged back after bogeying
the 11th and failing to match his opponent’s birdie on the 13th.
Finally, though, Luiten was able to secure himself third place as he bettered
Coetzee on the first additional hole, having fallen to a 2 and 1
defeat to champion Ilonen in the semi-finals earlier in the day.
Stenson, meanwhile, had booked his place in the final on the very last
hole of his clash with Coetzee, having recovered from behind four times
over the course of an engrossing round.
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trains green keeping
staff in East Africa
The Royal and Ancient of St Andrews have conducted a
course for Green keeping stuff at Sigona Golf Club in Nairobi.
The training that was well attended revolved on equipping
head green keepers and their staff basics to lay the foundation
of knowledge of the most common turf grasses, maintenance
problems and practices carried out on a golf course. The main aim of
the course was to provide the information and the reasons as to why
these practices are carried out and their effects on the presentation
and playability of the golf course. The workshop also tackled the
best practices to manage and maintain healthy playing surfaces and
introduced nutrition and irrigation as part of an integrated course
maintenance plan.
The objectives for course management must present the golf course
to the standard expected by the customer of the club, be that
members or visitors. However, those expectations must be realistic
given the budget and resources available, and the weather at any
particular time of year.
In order to achieve the objectives, course maintenance must be
adequately resourced and well planned. Scheduling is critical to the
success of course management; the right operation at the right time.
In particular, the workshop dwelt on the following specific aspects;
· Turf grasses · Thatch · Mowing · Switching and brushing · Scarifying ·
Aeration · Topdressing · Irrigation · Nutrition · Disease, pest and weed
management
It is important to have a good knowledge of each of these practices
and how they affect the golf course and in turn how they each impact
each other in order to develop an integrated maintenance programme
and maintain the golf course to the highest possible standard.
SUSTAINABILITY
AND GOLF COURSE
MAINTENANCE
Sustainability is a current buzzword in golf green keeping circles.
However, it is more than a passing fad but it is a difficult
concept as it combines the needs of the golf business with
environmental stewardship and social responsibility. The R&A has
defined sustainability for golf course development and management
as: Optimizing the playing quality of the golf course in harmony with
the conservation of its natural environment under economically
sound and socially responsible management.
All golf course maintenance practices relate to the sustainability
of the course, i.e. they all affect playing quality and have an
environmental and social impact. These affects and impacts can
be positive, negative or neutral. There are, however, two aspects to
course maintenance which have a major influence on sustainability;
irrigation and the use of chemicals for nutrition and for disease, pest
and weed management.
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Kitale, Mbale,
Lira, Tooro
and Palm
Valley Golf
Clubs recieved
Ransones
Green
mowers from
the R&A
The workshop also tackled aspects in preparing the golf course for tournaments.
Whether hosting the biggest club event of the year or a regional, national or major
international golf tournament, course preparation and set up will have to be
adjusted to meet the higher expectations for that event. These are not necessarily
different to what would be done as part of everyday course management, but will
require a plan to check off important tasks and may well need additional resources,
manpower and machinery, for the extra work involved. Preparing a course for a
tournament should mean refinement of existing work. If it requires a significant
investment in time and money then review the current standards for routine
presentation as they might not be high enough. The workshop also displayed the
latest equipment in Golf Course maintenance.
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Kenya’s national team captain Nelson Simwa returned 286 gross
over the four rounds of golf to win the Entebbe Open by one shot
from Willy Deus Kitata (287) and in turn also led his Country to the inaugural
East African Community Golf Shield at the par 71 Entebbe Golf
Club course.
The East African Community Golf Shield was introduced this year to further
encourage friendship and bonding amongst golfers in the region
and also mark the rich heritage of the oldest golf Club in the region,
Entebbe Club, having been established in 1901.
Nelson Simwa
wins
Entebbe Open.
The East African Community Golf Shield is a stroke play event and each
Country fielded four players and three results per round counted to the
teams tally. Team Kenya comprised of Nelson Simwa, Alfred Nandwa,
Karichu John and Tahir Mohammed comfortably cruised to the shield
title by beating the hosts Uganda by 31 strokes after the four rounds of
golf. The new look team Uganda was comprised of Adolf Muhumuza,
Rugumyo Ronald, Happy Robert and Lawrence Muhenda. The other
Countries that participated were Rwanda and Burundi.
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Some of the sponsors of Entebbe Club in 2014 being recognised at the function
Community shield final tally
1. Kenya 872
2. Uganda 903
3. Rwanda 958
4. Burundi 1,021
In the Castle lite Entebbe Open being played for the first time as a 72
hole stroke play event, Nelson Simwa’s consistency over the four
rounds paid off to win by a stroke despite Uganda’s number one male
golfer Willy Deus Kitata’s course record equaling final round of 66 gross.
Another Kenyan in Alfred Nandwa came in third.
Entebbe Open final results;
Player Rd 1 2 3 4 Total
Nelson Simwa 73 72 72 69 286
Willy Deus Kitata 75 74 72 66 287
Alfred Nandwa 69 74 73 75 291
The one day subsidiary event that was played on stable ford format had
the following as winners;
Men;-
Group A winner Shaban Ram 12 37 points
Runner up Okwi Timothy 08 36 points
2 nd runner up Kato Davis 07 35 points
Group B winner Nsubuga Godfrey 18 37 points on c/b
Runner up Ntumwa Samuel 18 37 points
2 nd runner up Nziza Rurangirwa 18 36 points
Group C winner Kalungi Daniel 28 37 points on c/b
Runner up Nsereko Paul 23 37 points
2 nd runner up Muhammad Jezan 24 35 points
Ladies;-
Overall winner Nalutaya Resty 22 39 points
Group A winner Kyomugisha Meron 06 37 points
Runner up Mbaguta Gloria 11 36 points
Group B winner Nabukenya Diana 31 39 points
Runner up Tumusiime Pamela 36 33 points on c/b
In the professionals category, Jinja based Emmanuel Opio Onito carded
149 gross in the 36 holes event to carry home the title and a larger
share of the professionals’ prize kitty of five million. He beat round one
leader also from Jinja Ian Odokonyero into a tie for second place on 151
alongside the red hot Herman Mutaawe.
Final Leaderboard
Opio Onito 73 76 149
Ian Odokonyero 70 81 151
Herman Mutaawe 80 71 151
Fred Wanzala 77 75 152
Silver Opio 77 76 153
Trophies of Entebbe Club, some dating as far back as 1924 being
returned to the Club
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Rule 14-1B that prohibits use of anchored strokes
“There are certain things that you should and should not do,
before, during and at the end of your round”
Rules in Focus
The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA), golf’s
governing bodies, announced the adoption of Rule 14-1b of the
Rules of Golf that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke.
The new Rule will take effect on 1 January 2016 in accordance with
the regular four-year cycle for changes to the Rules of Golf.
The current Rule 14-1 of the Rules of Golf will be re-numbered as
Rule 14-1a, and a new Rule 14-1b will be established as follows:
14-1b Anchoring the Club
In making a stroke, the player must not anchor the club, either “directly” or
by use of an “anchor point.”
Note 1: The club is anchored “directly” when the player intentionally holds
the club or a gripping hand in contact with any part of his body, except
that the player may hold the club or a gripping hand against a hand or
forearm.
Note 2: An “anchor point” exists when the player intentionally holds a
forearm in contact with any part of his body to establish a gripping hand
as a stable point around which the other hand may swing the club.
Basis for Prohibition on Direct Anchoring of a Club
Q. Rule 14-1b provides that, in making a stroke, the player must not
directly anchor the club. What is the basis for this prohibition?
A. A stroke is a fundamental element that defines the game of golf
and is meant to involve the player freely swinging the entire club at
the ball. Anchoring the club relieves the player from making a free
swing by restricting the movement of the club as if it were physically
attached to the player’s body and thereby providing extra support
and stability for the stroke.
Rule 14-1b will not alter current equipment rules and allows for the
continued use of all conforming golf clubs, including belly-length and
long putters, provided such clubs are not anchored during a stroke.
The new Rule narrowly targets only a few types of strokes, while
preserving a golfer’s ability to play a wide variety of strokes in his or
her individual style.
The 1 January 2016 timetable for implementation also provides
an extended period in which golfers may, if necessary, adapt their
method of stroke to the requirements of the new Rule.
In making a stroke, the player
must not anchor the club,
either “directly” or by use of an
“anchor point.”
David Rickman, Executive Director of Rules and Equipment Standards
at The R&A, said: “This Rule change addresses the future and not
the past. Everyone who has used an anchored stroke in the past,
or who does so between now and 1 January 2016, will have played
entirely within the Rules and their achievements will in no way be
diminished.”
“The discussion around the Rule has been very helpful, and we
appreciate that so many different perspectives were offered,” said
USGA Executive Director Mike Davis. “We know that not everyone will
agree with the new Rule, but it is our hope that all golfers will accept
that this decision is reasoned and motivated by our best judgment in
defining the sport and serving the best interests of the game.”
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Bridge in Water Hazard
Question 1:
Phillip’s ball comes to rest on a bridge within the margins of a water
hazard. Is he permitted to ground his club when;
a) Walking up to the ball
b) Addressing his ball prior to making his stroke
Answer: Yes, Phillip is permitted to ground his club on the bridge at any
time.
A bridge is an obstruction. In a hazard, the club may touch an obstruction
at address or in the backward movement for the stroke. Touching the
bridge prior to address is also permissible, since an obstruction in a
water hazard is not ground in the hazard. This applies even if the bridge
has been declared an integral part of the course. See Decision 13-4/30.
Question 2:
Flavia’s ball lies within the margins of a water hazard. She plays righthanded
and there is a bridge interfering with her stance and area of
intended swing to the green. May she take relief without penalty from
this immovable obstruction?
Answer: No, there is no relief for interference by an immovable
obstruction when the player’s ball lies in a water hazard or a lateral
water hazard. Rule 24-2b.
Had Flavia’s ball been at rest outside the margin of the water hazard
or lateral water hazard and the bridge was interfering with her stance
or area of intended swing then free relief would have been available. In
this situation, to take relief she must lift her ball and drop it, without
penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the
nearest point of relief.
Play
the ball as it
lies
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The Golf Life – Rules
Grass and branches piled for removal are considered ground under
repair
You’ve heard these terms before, but what do they really mean?
RUB OF THE GREEN
Sounds like: That’s the way the ball bounces. Sometimes a bad shot
turns out good and other times a good shot turns out bad.
Actually means: Parts of the course marked as damaged: or things that
are not marked, including grass and branches that have been piled for
removal, and holes made by course workers, you’re entitled to free
relief under the procedures similar to the one for casual water(see next
entry). When your ball touches the GUR or if the area of the course
interferes with your stance or intended swing.
CASUAL WATER
Actually means: Anytime a ball in motion is deflected or stopped by an
outside agency (see next entry). In most cases you must play the ball
as it lies. See Rule 19-1 for the exceptions.
OUTSIDE AGENCY
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Sounds like: Anything that affects your round, or ball, which is beyond
your control.
Actually means: Forecaddies, spectators, animals. Things that are not
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when you’re allowed to lift, clean and place your ball in closely mowed
areas (see next entry).
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GROUND UNDER REPAIR
with your ball, stance or swing and isn’t closer to the hole. This point
can’t be in a hazard or on a green. But, if your ball is already on the
Sounds like: An area of the course that is marked and designated for
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What do the rules provide for in Stroke and Match play
competitions?
First, I want to explain a situation concerning
players practicing putts after they have completed
a hole, which we do not see occurring in tour
events, but will probably observe during the Ryder
cup and at the Volvo World match play event.
This is not a difference between the Rules for match
play and stroke play, but is due to a Condition of
Competition that applies to most tours but not in major
match play competitions, or usually, in the amateur game.
This is a Condition of Competition implemented
to keep play moving, which should be applauded.
During the recently concluded East Africa Golf challenge
2014 held at Entebbe Club, this condition of competition
was introduced to enhance pace of play and Uganda’s
Robert Oluba fell victim to it on hole seven resulting in a
loss of that hole. He went on to lose that match to Kenya’s
Karichu J. one down.
Exception to Rule 7-2 states;
Between the play of two holes a player must not make a
practice stroke, except that he may practice putting or
chipping on or near;
a. the putting green of the hole last played,
b. any practice putting green, or
c. the teeing ground of the next hole to be played in the
round, provided a practice stroke is not made from a
hazard and does not unduly delay play (Rule 6-7).
And now for a few bullet points on the major differences in
match play Rules to look out for;
• In match play, players competing against each other
are opponents; in stroke play other players in the
same group are fellow competitors.
• In match play, the general penalty for a breach of
the Rules is loss of hole; in stroke play it is two
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strokes. However, breaches of Rules incurring
a penalty of one stroke are also one stroke
penalties in match play, with two minor exceptions,
Note 2 to Rule 6-7 and …
• … In match play, there is a penalty of one stroke
for touching, or causing an opponent’s ball to
move, other than during search for it, whereas in
stroke play there is no penalty for touching a fellow
competitor’s ball.
• In match play, putts are often conceded and
sometimes players will agree that a hole is halved
when neither player has holed out, usually because
their putts are at roughly equal distant from the
hole. In stroke play the player must hole out on
every hole.
• In match play, it is important that the player (or
side) whose ball is farthest from the hole plays first.
A ball that is played out of turn may be recalled
by the other side and then has to be played again
in the correct order of play. In stroke play, there
is no penalty for playing out of turn, unless
players have agreed to do so to give one of them an
advantage.
• Finally, an unusual one. In match play, if a putt
from the putting green hits another ball at rest on
the putting green, whether it belongs to your side or
your opponents’, there is no penalty, whereas there
is a two strokes penalty for the same occurrence in
stroke play, Rule 19-5. However, you are unlikely to
see this on tour as the players are likely to require
that a ball that is in a position to assist an opponent
is lifted, as is their right under this part of Rule 22-
1b;
Except when a ball is in motion, if a player considers that
a ball might assist any other player, he may: a. Lift the
ball if it is his ball; or b. Have any other ball lifted.
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Tuition
Shot low scores with top advice from Uganda’s best players and coaches
PRESSURE CHIPPING
HOW TO HIT IT TIGHT DOWN THE STRETCH
with Deo Akope, a UPGA tour professional
KEEP IT TIGHT.
Under pressure, I concentrate on
keeping my wrists and fore arms
loose and my grip very light for
consistent touch shots.
Brushing up on your short game at the
practice area is fine and good, but taking it
with you to the golf course when your score
is really on the line – is another story.
During a tournament, I am not thinking about
mechanics at all. I am in a scoring mode.
But when the pressure builds in the afternoon
on the final day, nerves can certainly disrupt
what you are trying to do, especially around
the green. When you find yourself in that late
in the big match, don’t get bogged down with
swing thoughts.
Grip Pressure -not mechanical flows is the
biggest factor when you are nervous. You
consciously grip it tighter, which keeps you
from making a smooth swing with a natural
release. Keep your grip pressure light and you
will be surprised how much your mechanics
stabilize.
I focus on light grip pressure, I have never
been a good bump- and- run player, so under
pressure I usually choose a lofted shot even
when I have got some green in front me to
work with. For those who followed me in the
final round of the 2014 Uganda Open, you
could see how I handled pressure chipping
on the final round and on the holes that
mattered most, no.11, 12 and 13.After that it
was just a walk in the park down to the final
hole.
SHORT - GAME CLUBS.
Some players try to change clubs around the
green to hit it high or low shots. I have trained
myself to learn to use one club around the
green. I only play around with ball positioning
when I want to hit it high or low. I think it’s
easier to master one club than mastering 4
clubs.
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TAKE THE
FEAR OUT OF
PITCHING
1
Keep it low,
like the Pro’s
do to eliminate
disaster shots.
3
2
I
see a lot of average players trying to pitch the ball way
up in the air. Then you watch Pro’s keep the ball down, so
they can better control how far it goes. Sure, sometimes
you need a high shot but your standard pitch should be a
lower one that releases and rolls.
In the photos, you can see the difference between the low
pitch (photo 1&2) and what a lot of amateurs do, photos
(3&4)
BALL POSITIONING:
The Pro’s play the ball in the middle to slightly back in their
stance and keep the shaft angled forward through impact
by shifting to the left on the down swing, photos (1&2)
Amateurs play the ball too far forward, then hang back on
their right foot and try to scoop the ball. With this much
hand action, they often wind up lifting it fat or thin which
they live in fear of doing.
Think of it this way: The Pro’s set the Loft when they sole
the club at address and maintain it throughout the swing.
Amateurs try to add loft at impact, which isn’t necessary
and leads to poor contact. So play the ball back and keep
that shaft forward. Your pitching will improve and your fear
will disappear.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE
SHOT ROUTINE
By Amos Kamya, a UPGA tour professional.
Do you have a Pre-Shot Routine? Do you know it? So many golfers
have a Pre-Shot Routine for most golf shots but don’t even know
what their routine is when asked.
We don’t want to be the golfer who makes a swing, when it finally feels
right. Unfortunately, without a good Pre-Shot Routine it may never feel
right, opening the door for tension and anxiety to creep into our game,
and as we all know, tension and anxiety are the killers of both your Golf
game and life itself.
Since golf is not a reaction sport, that golf ball is just going to sit there
and sit there until the golfer addresses it and executes a shot. Let’s
find a Pre-Shot Routine that we will understand and rely on when it
is time to make the swing. Understanding your Pre-Shot Routine will
really help to keep the tension and anxiety levels way down. Watch the
professionals on Television and you will see that they all have a solid
Pre-Shot Routine.
If you have never used a routine before, you will be surprised to see
how effective it is to you in Golf. Almost all elite athletes use routines.
Why? One answer could be these athletes are superstitious. Superstition
plays a big part in the sporting lives of many athletes, but these are
misguided to put their faith in beliefs that are not supported by factual
evidence. Superstition merely serves as crutches. When the athlete’s
superstitions, thoughts or actions fail to “deliver the goods” they are
likely to fall apart if they don’t have a well thought -out routine to keep
them steady and on course. Routines work and they can deliver the
goods.
Firstly routines boost confidence because it gives you a sense of control
and consistency. In golf they are many factors that you cannot control,
but you can control thoughts and actions that you have built into
your routines.
Unlike the wind, the condition of the greens, the importance of a critical
putt etc. your routine is completely under your control.
Secondly, routines give you a sense of familiarity. When playing in unaccustomed
competition such as your first overseas tournament or a
big event at unfamiliar venue, your routine can help you feel at home, an
important consideration that you don’t have home ground advantage.
Thirdly, routine may help you deal with over-activation associated with
pressure. We all know that slowing down your actions or breathing can
calm you down when you experience tension. Purposely and methodically
performing your routine can be part of this slowing- down process.
While you don’t want to waste time, and need to stay within the rules of
the game, you should not let anyone (including you self) make you rush.
Fourthly, because you have so much down time between shots and
it could be so difficult to begin afresh each time you have to play again.
The pre-shot routine can “start your engine” and serve as a mini warmup
before venturing into an important shot. It helps you to “lock into”
pre- determined mental band and physical patterns.
Fifthly, routines are very useful in promoting focus because if executed
properly they can crowd out destructions. Destructions can be either
external or internal. Routine can help you cope with sights and sounds
of things that go around you such as the actions of your teammates,
weather conditions or state of the greens. Planned, well-rehearsed and
controlled routine can effectively help you to deal with these disruptive
inner dialogues. The advantage of a well rehashed routine is that you
know exactly what you are focusing on. It helps to get away from the
training mode to the trusting mode. This is a characteristic of playing
in the zone.
The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment
and execution, the less the chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional
things.
Find a style that fits your game and practice it on the range. Remember,
it is important to know your Pre-Shot Routine so that you will be prepared
to make the best possible swing for the shot at hand.
Personally, I love Tigers, Mark O’meara’s, Annika Sorenstam’s and Phil
Mickelson’s just to name a few.
Thank you for taking the time to read my article and my hope is that
you will find some of this information useful, making your golf game
the best it can be.
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“Always Guard against making a
High number.”
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DITCH
YOUR
EGO ON
THE TEE
A waterly par 3 can
tempt you to play too
aggressively
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CLUB SELECTION IS CRITICAL
Know how far you carry the ball with your
approach clubs, and never underestimate
the wind.Even crosswinds can limit your
carry distance. Be honest with yourself and
about your game.
SHORT-LEFT ISN’T A BAD PLAY
If you’re shooting in the 90’s, you
shouldn’t expect to hit many greens.
Aim left off the tee, and chip it on.
Playing the short tees? Then you can
think about going for the left side of
the green.
irst, you need to decide where
your’e going to aim on a par 3 of
Uganda Golf Club course hole
number 11. The better golfer you are,
the more you can challenge the
trouble between you and the pin.
If you take an aggressive line, you
bring the water into play, but
there’s a bailout area short and left.
Unless you’re a good player, that’s
your spot. If you’re in a match or
tournament, think about how you stand.
Sometimes i felt i had to go for it, but most of the
time i played conservatively and was content with
a 30-foot putt. For instance, on the 11th hole at
Uganda Golf Club Course if the pin is on the
right side, I would aim to the centre of the green.
That strategy serves me well.
WHEN TO SHOOT AT THE FLAG
Use this option if you’re a strong player, or
it’s late in a match and you need to make
something happen with a bold play.
Otherwise, hit to the left side of the green
and two-putt for par
DON’T BE A HERO FROM HERE
Some course designers will put
a bunker on this side. If your
ball ends up here, take your
medicine and play a conservative
bunker shot towards the heart
of the green.Too often a heroic play
from the sand rolls across the
green and into the Kitante stream.
Always guard against making a
high number.
How often does a
15 handicap hit the
green?
52%
From 120 Yards
44%
From 160 Yards
34%
From 180 Yards
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Jamie Gough
named best teacher
Gough works and has worked with several high profile European Tour
players, and his biggest client at the moment is Miguel Angel Jimenez,
who is a year older than Gough and playing some of the best golf of his
lengthy career.
“I gained experience by punters,” says Gough. “I couldn’t do the job I
do now without having spent all those years watching balls fly. There
is plenty of technology about to help teachers nowadays, but you still
need your eyes and ears. You have to know what to say and when to say
it. And that only comes from years of actually doing it”
Gough has been a PGA member since 1983 – he served his
apprenticeship under the late Graham Henning at the Wanderers – and
has played and taught golf around the world for the past 31 years. A
talented junior golfer, he had a moderate tour career before gravitating
towards teaching, some of that in the United States. In 1997 he opened
the first of his successful chain of Jamie Gough Golf Schools in Cape
Town. At one time he had 30 teachers working for him.
Gough’s home club is Gowrie Farm in the Kwa Zulu Natel
Midlands, but he no longer teaches in South Africa as all his
instructions are done on the professional tours. He is primarily
a specialist swing coach, but also works with tour players on
mental preparation, course management and the short game.
Pupils: James Kingston, Charl Schwartzel and Richard Sterne.
European Tour winners include: Anderson Hansen, Miguel
Angel Jimenez, Thomas Bjorn, Gregory Harvret, Michael Hoey,
David Howell, Bradley Dredge and Alex Noren.
Method: It revolves around getting my students to understand
and control their ball flight through path and face, and building
a swing that repeats under pressure. I am a structure teacher
who believes in the basics of golf from a good grip, Setup and
posture for all levels of golfers.
Tip: Maintain a holding pattern
Pressuring the ball and continuance through the strike are terms I use
with my students on a daily basis.
Gough with Gregory Havret
THE PGA tour of South Africa for the first time has ranked the best
teachers who are members of the association. The ranking is in
terms of the votes they received from their peers. The purpose behind
the ranking is not to create a teaching hierarchy but to spotlight the
teaching profession as a whole, and encourage more golfers to take
lessons from proven instructors. In rank one is Jamie Gough from the
Jamie Gough Golf School in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
Currently the only South African teacher who can be found on practice
ranges at European Tour events, Jamie Gough reckons he has given over
50 000 lessons in his life, and his next birthday will be his 50 th . That’s a
lot of lessons.
These terms are relevant to the short game pitching, chipping and
putting, and are important to players of all levels. More often it is while
attempting shorter shots that golfers struggle with deceleration. It is
caused by trying to help the ball into the air with the wedges, or guiding
the ball towards the hole.
A mental picture to create pressure on the ball at impact is to visualize
that you are squeezing the ball at the moment of strike and you feel it
staying on and changing shape on the clubface before it travels to the
target. Obviously compressing the ball to this degree with a short shot
is impossible, but this tip will guarantee you have the club accelerating
at impact.
Our second and most important key to this tip is to create continuance
through the strike. I teach this by getting my students to hold the
follow-through position for at least three seconds. Whether it is putting,
chipping or pitching, focusing on holding the follow-through position
guarantees that you will have continuance through the strike. This will
lead to more spin with the wedges and more commitment through the
ball resulting in more one-putts with the flat stick!
Uganda’s Top Teachers
Sadi Atibu
Uganda Golf Club
Contact: 0772405910
Lesson: 30,000 UGX an hour
Deo Akope
Uganda Golf Club
Contact: 0772563018
Lesson: 30,000 UGX an hour
Amos Kamya
Uganda Golf Club
Contact: 0772384116
Lesson: 30,000 UGX an hour
Dickson Lagoro
Entebbe Golf Club
Contact: 0776596934
Lesson: 30,000 UGX an hour
Emmanuel Opio Onito
Jinja Golf Club
Contact: 0787481920
Lesson: 20,000 UGX an hour
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